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1 Feb 1978

Technical Reports

Technical Documentation, Locomotive Response Model

Author
E. H. Chang, V. K. Garg, P. W. Hartmann

Subject Track/Train Interactions, Evaluation

Keywords: Dynamic Response, Mathematical Model, Numerical Integration, Time-Domain Analysis, Tangent Track

Abstract: This report represents the technical manual documentation for the Locomotive Response Model, a mathematical model, for analyzing the dynamic response of a six-axle locomotive on...

Report Number
R-295
Office
RRD

1 Dec 1977

Technical Reports

An Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Concrete Cross Tie and Fastener Loads

Author
Robert H. Prause, Harold D. Harrison, James C. Kennedy, Robert C. Arnlund

Subject Evaluation, Track/Train Interactions

Keywords: Track Loading, Track Instrumentation, Track Design, Concrete Cross Ties, Track Components

Abstract:

This report has been prepared as part of the Improved Track Structures Research Program sponsored by the Office of Rail Safety Research of the Federal Railroad Administration....

Report Number
FRA/ORD-77/71
Office
RRD

1 Oct 1977

Technical Reports

Test Train Program- Ninth Progress Report

Author
ENSCO

Subject Track/Train Interactions, Evaluation

Keywords: Track Geometry Measurement, Rail research Data Collection, FAST, LWFC Testing, Ride Quality, Automated Wayside Inspection

Abstract: This report describes progress on the Engineering and Test Support Services for Railroad Instrumentation, Data Acquisition, Processing and Evaluation Program from 1 July 1976...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-78-23
Office
RRD

15 Jun 1977

Technical Reports

General Models for Lateral Stability Analyses of Railway Freight Vehicles

Author
E. H. Law, J. A. Hadden, N. K. Cooperrider

Subject Freight Operations, Track/Train Interactions

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...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-77/36
Office
RRD

1 Mar 1977

Technical Reports

The Effects of Accelerated Ballast Consolidation

Author
E.G. Cunney, J.T. May, H.N. Jones

Subject Track, Track/Train Interactions

Keywords: Railroad Track; Ballast; Compaction; Track Maintenance; Stability; Buckling; Lateral Resistance

Abstract: The effects of accelerated ballast consolidation were tested on mainline tracks of the Boston and Maine, the Chessie, the Missouri Pacific, the Penn Central and the Saint Louis...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-76/274
Office
RDI-20