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Technical Reports
General Models for Lateral Stability Analyses of Railway Freight Vehicles
Keywords: Train-Track Dynamics, Rail Vehicles and Components, Freight Car Design, Hunting
Abstract: This report presents the development of general analytical models for use in exploring the nature of freight car hunting and for finding means of controlling the hunting behavior...
Technical Reports
Ride Quality Test Results- Canadian LRC Testing
Keywords: Ride Quality, RR-251, Vehicle Vibration, Canadian LRC Locomotive
Abstract: This report describes the results of test RR-251, whose purpose was to collect vehicle vibration data on the Canadian LRC loco-motive and coach. Data was collected using tri-axial...
Technical Reports
U.S.-U.S.S.R. Rail Inspection Information Exchange
Keywords: Track, Flaw, Ultrasonics, Magnetic, Nondestructive Testing
Abstract: This trip report describes the results and conclusions of the U.S. delegation resulting from the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Rail Inspection Information exchange tour of the Soviet Union,...
Technical Reports
Vertical Shaker System Laboratory Tests of Trailer on a Flatcar (CR-124)
Keywords: Freight Cars, Intermodal Systems, Test Instrumentation, Vibration Analysis, Laboratory Testing
Abstract: This report describes full scale Trailer on a Flatcar (TOFC) optimization tests performed during 1976 on the Vertical Shaker System at the Rail Dynamics Laboratory, Pueblo, CO...
Reports to Congress
The Tenth and Final Report on the High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965
Keywords: Railroad Technology, Railroad Research, Advanced Systems Technology, International Cooperation, Transportation Test Center
Abstract: This is the tenth and final report to the Congress on research, development, and demonstrations activities authorized by the HSGT Act of 1965. The activities are evaluated,...