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22 May 2020

Technical Reports

Measuring the Displacement Environment Between a Locomotive and Trailing Car

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Rolling Stock

Keywords: Relative displacement, locomotive, natural gas fuel tender standards, locomotive to tender connection, rolling stock

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-20/20
Office
RDI-22

21 May 2020

Technical Reports

Concepts for Interoperable Lifecycle Management of Positive Train Control (PTC)

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Positive Train Control

Keywords: Positive Train Control, PTC, change and configuration management, interoperability, lifecycle management, information technology infrastructure library, ITIL, information technology service management, ITSM

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-20/19
Office
RDI-23

18 May 2020

Research Results

Reduced-Scale Rail Car Floor Fire Test Specimen Feasibility Study

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Rolling Stock

Keywords: ABAQUS, floor fire resistance test, NFPA 130, structural floor assembly, passenger rail car, rail car floor, rolling stock, research

Report Number
RR 20-05
Office
RDI-22

13 May 2020

Technical Reports

Effect of Temperature on Wheel Shelling

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Rolling Stock

Keywords: Wheel shelling, twin disk machines, rolling stock, testing, methodology, yield strength

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-20/17
Office
RDI-22

14 Apr 2020

Technical Reports

Evaluation of PTC Braking Enforcement Algorithms for Passenger and Commuter Trains

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Positive Train Control

Keywords: Braking algorithm, enforcement algorithm, Positive Train Control, PTC, simulation, Monte Carlo simulation, passenger train

Abstract:

Software algorithms used in Positive Train Control (PTC) systems designed to predict passenger train stopping distance and enforce a penalty brake application must be evaluated...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-20/16
Office
RDI-23