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1 Mar 1977

Technical Reports

Train-to-Train Rear End Impact Tests Volume II: Impact Test Summaries

Author
Federal Railroad Administration; R.L. Anderson; P.L. Cramer

Subject Safety Advisories, Safety Regulatory Analysis, Safety Performance Measures

Keywords: Train to train impact tests, Impact, Baseline impact tests, Rear end train collisions

Abstract: This final report documents these nine tests. Volume I, Pre-Impact Determination of Vehicle Properties, summarizes the vehicle properties obtained prior to the impact tests. These...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-76/303.II
Office
RDI-20

1 Oct 1974

Technical Reports

Development of Analytic Fire Models

Author
L. Schalit, G. Schneyer, J. Toor, D. Laird

Subject Safety Regulatory Analysis

Keywords: Fire Research, Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence

Abstract:

This report describes the progress from June 17, 1974 to September 16, 1974, in a project to develop analytic models of pool fires and torch fires.

Report Number
FRA-OR&D 75-53
Office
RDI-22