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1 Jan 1986

Technical Reports

Wheel Failure Mechanisms of Railroad Cars- Interim Report

Author
Britto R. Rajkumar, Daniel H. Stone, George P. Carpenter, Gerald J. Moyar

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Wheel Failure, Low Stress Wheel Designs, Residual Stress Fields, Heat Loss, Flange, Back Rim Crack

Abstract: This Interim Report of the FRA sponsored Wheel Failure Mechanism Program was prepared in fulfillment of contractual requirements to provide a major mid-term technical progress...

Office
RRD

1 Dec 1985

Technical Reports

STARS AC Propulsion Project

Author
Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Transportation Divsion

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: GTO Thyristor Inverter, AC Induction Motor, Railroad Technology

Abstract: This report describes the design, manufacture and testing of a propulsion system for passenger rail application utilizing a variable-voltage, variable-frequency (VWF) inverter and...

Report Number
UMTA-IT-06-0253-85-1

1 Jan 1985

Technical Reports

Physical Response of Flat Steel Plates to Drop Hammer Impacts

Author
William P. Wright, Wayne A. Slack, Willis F. Jackson

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Railroad Tank Cars, Safety, Structural Response

Abstract: A series of impact tests using the FRA/BRL Drop Hammer Facility was performed. The tests consisted of the creation of controlled damage to flat steel plates which had properties...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-84-07
Office
RRD

1 Nov 1984

Other Reports

Report Number 12: Metallurgical Observations of 21 Plate Steel Samples Taken From Seven Tank Cars Involved in the April 8, 1979 Railroad Accident at Crestview, Florida

Author
C. G. Interrante, S. R. Low, C. H. Brady, G. E. Hicho

Subject Accident Investigations, Evaluation

Keywords: Deformation, Chemical Analysis, Impact Tests

Abstract: This is the second of two reports intended to give information on and metallurgical characterization for each of 21 plate samples taken from tank cars involved in an accident at...

Report Number
NBSIR 84-2981
Office
RRD

1 Oct 1984

Technical Reports

Development of Hybrid Cost Functions From Engineering and Statistical Techniques: The Case of Rail - Phase II Final Report

Author
Andrew F. Daughety, Mark A. Turnquist, Ronald R. Braeutigam

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Cost Analysis, Railroad Operations Analysis, Scale Economies

Abstract: Cost analysis is important in every transportation industry, to the firms or agencies which provide service, to regulatory bodies, and to public policy makers. In the past,...

Report Number
DOT/OST/P-30/85/007
Office
RRD