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1
Jul
1995
Research Results
Human performance and safety in highway, traffic, and ITS systems
Subject
Safety Performance Measures,
Safety Regulatory Analysis
Keywords: safety, ITS, research, highway, traffic
Abstract: The papers in this volume are evidence of the breadth of safety interests and research on highway and traffic systems. Advanced technology, particularly the role of humans in...
Report Number
1485
Office
RDI-24
1
Feb
1995
Technical Reports
Nucars Modeling in Support of Freight Car Tolerance Side Bearing Clearance Test
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords: Secondary Suspensiong Configurations, High C.G. Cars, Wheel/Rail Coefficient, Spring Stiffness, Hydraulic Damping
Abstract: The objective of this investigation was to support previous (1993) on-track testing and analystical modeling to further determine the effect of side bearing clearance in the...
Office
RRD
30
Nov
1994
Other Reports
Selected Fatality Study : Task Force for On-Track Safety : January, 1986 - September, 1994
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Safety Performance Measures
Office
RRS
1
Nov
1994
Technical Reports
Engineering Data on Selected North American Railroad Passenger Car Trucks
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Rail Vehicle Dynamics, Vehicle-Track Interaction
Abstract: This report presents the results of an effort to compile truck and population data for the U.S. fleet of railroad passenger cars, and to describe the different passenger car truck...
Office
RRD
1
Dec
1993
Technical Reports
Fire Safety of Passenger Trains: A Review of U.S. and Foreign Approaches
Subject
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Fire safety, Passenger trains, Passenger rail, Railroad safety, Safety, High speed ground transportation, High speed rail, Large scale fire tests, Small scale fire tests, Fire test methods
Abstract: While the historical record has been very good and few serious passsenger train fires have occurred, minor incidents could develop into potentially life-threatening events. Fire...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/23
Office
RRD