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May
2022
Technical Reports
Design Considerations for High-Speed Trucks on Passenger Vehicles
Keywords: Shared corridor, high-speed passenger trucks, truck design, vehicle-track interaction, vehicle dynamic performance criteria, lateral/vertical, L/V, wheel unloading, low speed derailment, Minimally Compliant Analytic Track, MCAT, AAR Chapter 11, American P
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/17
Office
RDI-22
25
Apr
2022
Technical Reports
Commuter Rail Seat Tests in Open-Bay Configuration
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Keywords: Passenger seats, open-bay, facing seats, dynamic testing, structural integrity, occupant safety, crashworthiness, dynamic sled testing, anthropomorphic test device, ATD, rail passenger safety, secondary impacts
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/16
Office
RDI-22
16
Mar
2022
Technical Reports
Investigation of Wheel and Rail Rolling Contact Fatigue by Using a Full-Scale Simulator
Subject
Track
Keywords: Rolling contact fatigue, RCF, rolling contact fatigue simulator, RCFS, high-impact wheel, HIW, wheel and rail defects, wheel and rail forces
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/13
Office
RDI-21
9
Mar
2022
Technical Reports
Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake Device with Pneumatic Brake Emulation – Field Demonstration
Subject
Braking Systems
Keywords: Air brake, brake controller, Car Control Device, CCD, Car ID module, Electronically Controlled Pneumatic, ECP, brakes, emergency application, end-of-train, EOT, full service application, graduated application, minimum service, graduated release, S-4200
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/12
Office
RDI-22
8
Feb
2022
Research Results
Railroad Trespass Detection Using Deep Learning-Based Computer Vision
Subject
Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation,
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Automated railroad trespass detection, artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, railroad trespassing, grade crossing violations, railroad safety
Abstract: FRA has sponsored research to develop an AI software application for automating the detection of grade crossing violations and trespassing activities from static camera feeds...
Report Number
RR 22-04
Office
RDI-23