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1 Apr 1978

Technical Reports

Railroad Research Bulletin - Spring 1978 Volume 5, Number 1

Author
Railroad Research Information Service

Subject Best Practices

Keywords: Rail Transportation, Advanced Systems, Bibliography and Documentation, Abstracts, High Speed Ground Transportation

Abstract:

This publication contains 1,045 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 531 summaries of...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/14
Office
RRD

1 Mar 1978

Technical Reports

14th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference Proceedings, "R&D and Railroading: 1977"

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Best Practices

Keywords: Railroad Technology, Technical Proceedings

Abstract:

This report constitutes the proceedings of the three day railroad engineering conference held at the University of Southern Colorado on October 18-20, 1977. Conference papers...

Report Number
FRA/ORD
Office
RRD

1 Dec 1977

Technical Reports

Users' Manual for Asymmetric Wheel/Rail Contact Characterization Program

Author
R. Hellner, N. K. Cooperrider

Subject Best Practices

Keywords: Wheel/Rail Geometry, Profile Principle Curvature, Wheel Profile, Wheelset, Rail Profile, Quasi-Linearization

Abstract:

Wheel/rail geometric constraint relationships, such as the effective conicity and gravitational stiffness, strongly influence the lateral dynamics of railway vehicles. The...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/05
Office
RRD

1 Oct 1977

Technical Reports

Railroad Research Bulletin - Autumn 1977 Volume 4, Number 2

Author
Railroad Research Information Service

Subject Best Practices

Keywords: Rail Transportation, Advanced Systems, High Speed Ground Transportation, Bibliography and Documentation, Abstracts

Abstract:

This publication contains 1,269 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 581 summaries of...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-77/66
Office
RRD

1 Sep 1977

Technical Reports

Rail Inspection Systems Analysis and Technology Survey

Author
W. D. Kaiser, R. H. Byers, D. Ensminger, H. C. Meacham, J. H. Flora, W. C. Bruce, L. Becker, G. Posakony

Subject Evaluation, Best Practices

Keywords: Flaw, Ultrasonic, Magnetic, Automatic Data Processing, Nondestructive Testing

Abstract: This study was undertaken to identify existing rail inspection system capabilities and methods which might be used to improve these capabilities. Task I was a study to quantify...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-77/39
Office
RRD