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May
2019
Reference Materials
An Implementation Guide for Wayside Detector Systems
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Bearing temperatures, calibration, Dynamic Ratio, DR, Hot Box Detectors, HBD, Truck Hunting Detector, THD, wayside detector systems, wheel flats, Wheel Impact Load Detector, WILD, Wheel Temperature Detector, WTD
Abstract: The guide briefly reviews different wayside detector systems in North America’s rail network, including Acoustic Bearing Detectors (ABD) (Trackside Acoustic Detection System [TADS...
8
Apr
2019
Technical Reports
Conventional Coupling Test Between Coach Car and Passenger Locomotive
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Coupling impact test, crash energy management, transportation safety, passenger car safety
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) in conducting impact tests between a Budd M1 Car and a F40 locomotive to evaluate...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/06
Office
RDI-22
18
Mar
2019
Technical Reports
Railroad Freight Car Remote Controlled Electrically Driven Set & Release Hand Brake (EDHB) – Optimization for Increased Reliability and Performance
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Electrically, Electrically Driven Set and Release Hand Brakes, EDHB, driven, hand brake, remote control, release sensor, electro-pneumatic, application sensor, vertical wheel, Group N, Group O, specification, standard, performance, prototype
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/03
Office
RDI-22
4
Dec
2018
Technical Reports
Evaluation of Rail Car Floor Fire Resistance Exposure and Test Article Scaling
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Rail car floor, fire resistance test, exposure duration, thermo-structural analysis, standard and realistic fires, floor fire barrier test, floor assembly
Abstract: The focus of this research was to determine the appropriate fire resistance exposure severity and duration for passenger rail car floor assemblies, as well as an assessment of the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/38
Office
RDI-22
16
Jul
2018
Technical Reports
Blunt Impact Testing of a Diesel Multiple Unit Fuel Tank
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Diesel multiple unit, DMU, fuel tanks, impact test, crashworthiness, finite element analysis, FEA, puncture resistance, passenger locomotive, fuel tanks
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology has been conducting research into passenger locomotive fuel tank crashworthiness. FRA...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/22
Office
RDI-22