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19
Oct
2018
Technical Reports
Railroad Energy Intensity and Criteria Pollutant Emissions
Subject
Locomotive Standards (Safety & Noise)
Keywords: Railroad, energy intensity, emissions, life cycle analysis, GREET®, greenhouse gases, regulated emissions, energy, air pollutant emissions, locomotive, diesel fuel, alternative fuel
Abstract: A tiered emission factors table was developed by Argonne National Laboratory to populate its Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET®) model...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/34
Office
RDI-22
11
Jun
2018
Technical Reports
Locomotive Performance and Engine Durability Assessment of B5 to B20 Biodiesel Fuel Usage
Subject
Locomotive Standards (Safety & Noise)
Keywords: Biodiesel, engine components, fuel, elastomers, O-rings, 20 percent biodiesel, B20, 5 percent biodiesel, B5, durability, locomotive
Abstract: This report summarizes work performed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI®) to investigate the durability of several locomotive engine components under various blends of...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/18
Office
RDI-22
9
Apr
2018
Technical Reports
Rail Base Corrosion and Cracking Prevention: Phase 2
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: Corrosion, rail, rail base corrosion, coatings, corrosion testing, premature rail failure
Abstract: In March 2014, EWI was engaged by the Federal Railroad Administration to research rail treatments to prevent rail base corrosion in corrosive environments. A coating system was...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/09
Office
RDI-21
23
Feb
2018
Technical Reports
Unmanned Aircraft System Applications in International Railroads
Subject
Intelligent Railroad Systems
Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAV, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, UAS, international railroad, Beyond Visual Line of Sight, BVLOS, ground penetrating radar, UAS technology
Abstract: This report summarizes the current uses and issues associated with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in railroad applications, and provides the use cases employed by railroads. The...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/04
Office
RDI-21
15
Sep
2017
Technical Reports
Monitoring Longitudinal Rail Stress Using Diffuse Ultrasonic Backscatter
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: stress in rail; ultrasonic transducers; ultrasound scattering; theoretical model of the scattering process; prototype devices for stress estimations in rail; laboratory and field tests
Abstract: In this report, research was conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pertaining to the use of ultrasound scattering from polycrystalline grains to estimate and monitor...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/15
Office
RDI-21