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Jun
2022
13
Nov
2018
Research Results
Rail Temperature Control System for Improved Railway Safety
Subject
Railroad System Issues
Keywords: passive control, thermal adsorption, steel railroad stress reduction, maximum temperature reduction, buckling
Abstract: Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has developed a tunable passive solution for limiting the maximum temperature of railroad track. The Rail Temperature Control System (RTCS)...
Report Number
RR 18-15
Office
RDI-21
13
Jul
2018
Technical Reports
Discrete Element Modeling of Railroad Ballast Behavior
Subject
Laboratory,
Testing
Keywords: Ballast behavior, discrete element modeling, DEM, Discrete Element Method, triaxial test, fouling, dynamic train loading, ballast degradation and image analysis
Abstract: An innovative integrated computational-experimental laboratory testing framework has been developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to evaluate clean and fouled...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/20
Office
RDI-21
30
Nov
2017
Presentations
Regional Rail Planning Studies Update
Subject
State Rail Safety Participation
Keywords: regional rail planning studies, regional rail, planning
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration hosted the fourth annual FRA Rail Program Delivery Meeting - a 1.5-day conference for grantees, railroad representatives, federal oversight...
Presenter
Jessi Fernandez-Gatti
Audience
FRA HQ
Location
Washington, DC
United States
30
Nov
2017
Presentations
FRA's North American Rail Network
Subject
State Rail Safety Participation
Keywords: Regional Rail, Planning, planning
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration hosted the fourth annual FRA Rail Program Delivery Meeting - a 1.5-day conference for grantees, railroad representatives, federal oversight...
Presenter
Raquel Wright
Audience
FRA HQ
Location
Washington, DC
United States