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Aug
2003
Technical Reports
Acoustic Detection of Railcar Roller Bearing Defects: Phase II, Field Test
Keywords: Acoustic railroad bearing detection; tapered railroad roller bearings; railroad bearing defects; spalls; water etching; loose inner rings; roller defects
Abstract: The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Research and Test Department, conducted a series of simulated...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-00/06.II
Office
RDI-20
1
Jul
2003
Technical Reports
Passenger Rail Train to Train Impact Test Volume II: Summary of Occupant Protection Program
Keywords: Passenger Rail Train-to-Train Impact Test Volume II: Summary of Occupant Protection Program
Abstract: On January 31, 2002, a train-to-train collision test was conducted involving a cab-car-led consist with three coach cars, all of conventional design, and a trailing locomotive...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-03/17.II
Office
RRD
1
Jul
2003
Technical Reports
Passenger Rail Train to Train Impact Test Volume I: Overview and Selected Results US Department of Transportation
Keywords: Passenger Rail Train-to-Train Impact Test Volume I: Overview and Selected Results US Department of Transportation
Abstract: This report describes the results of the train-to-train impact test conducted at the Federal Railroad Administration’s Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado on...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-03/17.I
Office
RRD
1
Jun
2003
Research Results
Human Reliability Analysis in Support of Risk Assessment for Positive Train Control
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: cognitive task analysis,communications, decision-making, human factors, human reliability analysis (HRA), positive train control (PTC), probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), railroad operations
Report Number
RR03-06
Office
RDI-24
1
Jun
2003
Technical Reports
Human Reliability Analysis in Support of Risk Assessment for Positive Train Control
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Positive Train Control; Cognitive task analysis; Human factors; Decision making; Probabilistic risk assessment; Railroad operations
Abstract: This report describes an approach to evaluating the reliability of human actions that are modeled in a probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of train control operations. This...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-03/15
Office
RDI-20