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22 Mar 1988

Technical Reports

Rail Garrison - Vehicle Stationary Vibration Tests

Author
J. A. Hadden, D. R. Ahlbeck, M. Kurre, J. M. Tuten

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Railcar Accelerations, Seismic Vibrations, Vibration Enivironment, TTC

Abstract: The United States Air Force (USAF/BMO) requested support from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to assist in technical issues related to the development of the Peacekeeper...

Report Number
DTFR53-86-C-00006
Office
RRD

1 Feb 1988

Other Reports

Infrared Measurements of Heating and Cooling Emissions at a Crack Tip During Tensile and Cyclic Loading

Author
Y. Huang, G. E. Hicho, R. J. Fields

Subject Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: Aluminum, Steel, Stress Concentration, Thermoelastic Effects

Abstract: A new thermographic method based on the measurement of infrared (IR) emission from the surface of a loaded body was used to study the cooling and heating in aluminum and steel...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-88/11
Office
RRD

1 Nov 1987

Technical Reports

Determinations of Dynamic Fracture Toughness Properties of Rail Steels

Author
M. F. Kanninen, R. J. Dexter, J. W. Cardinal

Subject Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: Fracture Mechanics, Residual Stress, Finite Element Analysis, Crack Arrest, Full-Section Impact Test, Beam-on-Elastic Foundational Model

Abstract: Motivated by the occurrence of a long-running rail web fracture in service, dynamic fracture mechanics research was undertaken to (1) quantify the crack driving force due to the...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-87/08

1 Oct 1987

Technical Reports

Investigation of Rail Bolt Hole Cracks

Author
R.A. Mayville, P.D. Hilton, D.C. Peirce

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Fretting, Rail, Rail End, Fatigue, Crack Initiation, Crack Growth, Corner Cracks, Bolt Holes, Stress Intensity Factor

Abstract: This document is a collection of two reports on the rail bolt hold crack. part I describes the development of a model based on beam-on-elastic foundation analysis to calculate the...

Office
RRD

1 Jun 1987

Technical Reports

Radiated Interference in Rapid Transit Systems- Volume II: Suggest Test Procedures

Author
F. Ross Holmstrom

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Rapid Transit, Radiated, EMI, Testing

Abstract: This report presents a suggested test procedure for measuring the radiated electromagnetic interference emanating from rail transit vehicles with electric propulsion. Testing rail...

Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0153-85-11
Office
RRD