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1
Jul
2001
Technical Reports
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research: Modeling, Simulation and Validation
Subject
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Locomotive, Crashworthiness, Analysis, Simulation, Safety dynamic
Abstract: A technique was developed to realistically simulate the dynamic, nonlinear structural behavior of moving rail vehicles and objects struck during a collision. A new approach...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/23
Office
RRD
18
May
2000
Safety Advisories
Addressed the Securement of Lift Rods on RoadRailer Trailers in order to Prevent the Highway Tandem Wheels on these Trailers from Falling to the Rails on Moving Trains
Subject
Safety Advisories
Keywords: highway tandem wheels
Safety Advisory Number
99-03A
1
Dec
1999
Technical Reports
Assessment of Potential Aerodynamic Effects on Personnel and Equipment in Proximity to High Speed Train Operations: Safety of High-Speed Ground Transportation Systems
Subject
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Aerodynamic; Train interaction; Aerodynamics; High speed ground transportation; High speed rail; Human comfort; Passing trains; Safety; Window glazing
Abstract: Amtrak is planning to provide high-speed passenger train service at speeds significantly higher than their current top speed of 125 mph, and with these higher speeds, there are...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-99/11
Office
RRD
1
Nov
1999
Technical Reports
The Aerodynamic Effects of High-Speed Trains on People and Property at Stations in the Northeast Corridor
Subject
High-Speed Passenger Rail,
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Northeast corridor, Computational fluid dynamics, Acela, Acela trainset, aerodynamics, FLUENT
Abstract: This report presents the results of a study to evaluate the aerodynamic (air velocity and pressure) effects of the new high-speed trains on the safety and comfort of people and...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-99/12
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1998
Safety Advisories
Addressing Safety Practices to Reduce the Risk of Casualties caused by Failure to Activate the Available Two-Way End-of-Train Telemetry Device (Two-Way EOT) to Initiate an Emergency Break Application Beginning at the Rear of the Train when Circumstances R
Subject
Risk Reduction Program,
Safety Advisories
Safety Advisory Number
98-02