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Technical Reports
Laboratory Fatigue Testing of Selected Welded and Bolted Aluminum Connections for Freight Car Design
Keywords: Fatigue Properties, S-N Diagram, Modified Goodman Diagram
Abstract: This report describes the tests conducted to determine the fatigue properties of joints and construction details in aluminum-bodied freight cars. The tests were conducted at the...
Technical Reports
Dynamic Buff and Draft Testing Techniques
Keywords: Draft, Buff, Coupler, Wheels
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration and the Association of American Railroads have jointly sponsored a program for developing cost-effective and rational techniques for evaluating...
Technical Reports
Fatigue Defect Origination and Growth Experiment
Keywords: Rail Steel, Shell, Detail Fracture, Facility for Accelerated Service Testing, Shell Index
Abstract: Between 1985-87 a number of different rail steels were tested at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) in the High Tonnage Loop using 100-ton capacity cars. Fatigue...
Technical Reports
Gas-Spray Repair of Rail Surface Defects
Keywords: Electric Flash Butt Welds, Thermite Welds, TTC, Japanese National Railways
Abstract: An alternative weld repair process (gas-spray) was devised by the Japanese National Railways (JNR) which incorporates a oxyacetylene flame and a powdered filler metal. The gas-...
Technical Reports
Rail Neutral Temperature Test on CSX
Keywords: track stability, longitudinal load
Abstract: Tests were conducted on CSX wood-tie track to determine the long-term stability of track in the context of rail neutral temperature. Two test sites were chosen by the FRA and CSX...