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1
Jul
1978
Technical Reports
Safety Life Cycle Program Assessment Task 3: FAST Data Analysis and Review
Subject
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Evaluation
Keywords: FAST Program, Safety Assessment, Safe-life Technology
Abstract: The purpose of the overall program is to perform an assessment for the applicability of current safe-life technology to railroad vehicle systems and components. The effort is...
Report Number
ATR-78(3847-01)-3
Office
RRD
1
Mar
1978
Technical Reports
An Investigation of Techniques for Validation of Railcar Dynamic Analyses
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: Rail vehicle dynamics, Validation techniques
Abstract: A linear model of the vertical dynamics of a railcar was validated by the application of spectral techniques to experimental data. Track input spectra were computed from test...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/19
Office
RPD-11
1
Jan
1978
Technical Reports
Ultrasonic Pulse Propagation in the Cold-Worked Layer of Railroad Rail
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity,
Evaluation
Keywords: Wave Propagation, Layered Media Wave Propagation, Texture, Rail Nondestructive Inspection
Abstract: Ultrasonic pulses propagating along the rolling surface of used railroad rail were observed to have two distinct arrivals. One arrival corresponded to the expected Rayleigh wave....
Report Number
FRA/ORD-77/09.2
Office
RRD
1
Nov
1977
Technical Reports
Fracture Resistance and Fatigue Crack Growth Characteristics of Railroad Wheels and Axles
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: Wheels; Axles; Carbon steel; Fatiuge; Cracks
Abstract: The effects of chemical composition, temperature and loading rates on the plane strain fracture toughness K sub I sub c of railroad wheels have been determined. Similarly, the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/50
Office
RDI-20
1
Oct
1977
Reports to Congress
1976 Annual Report by the President : To the Congress on the Administration of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970
Subject
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Statutory Mandates
Abstract: A summary of the Federal Actions to Improve Railroad Safety during Calendar Year 1976and the Status and Results Thereof