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1
Aug
1996
Reports to Congress
High-Speed Ground Transportation for America
Subject
High-Speed Passenger Rail
Abstract: High-speed ground transportation (HSGT) - a family of technologies ranging from upgraded existing railroads to magnetically levitated vehicles - is a passenger transportation...
1
Jul
1996
Technical Reports
Real Time Hunting Mitigation: Sensor Systems to Detect Hazardous Conditions in High Speed Rail Operations, Phase I Report
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Hunting, Vibration Data, Digital Signal Processing, Rough Track
Abstract: Using advanced digital signal processing, IEM analyzed truck vibration data and identified the specific vibration signature of hunting. This signature clearly differentiates...
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1996
Technical Reports
Design Data on Suspension Systems of Selected Rail Passenger Cars
Keywords: Rail transportation; rail passenger cars; passenger car trucks; rail vehicle dynamics; vehicle-track interaction; bogies
Abstract: This report presents the results of an effort to compile data for the U.S. fleet of railroad passenger cars, and to describe the different passenger car truck designs and design...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-96/01
Office
RDI-20
1
May
1996
Technical Reports
Procedure to Establish Inspection Intervals of Regularly Maintained In-Service Units Subject to Failure
Keywords: Inspection; Reliability; Failure Rate; Repair; Probability; Simulation; Exponential Failure; Inspection Interval; Statistical Formula; Level of Confidence
Abstract: Procedures have been developed for determining the period between regular inspections that is required to ensure, with a specified level of confidence, that no more than a certain...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-96/04
Office
RDI-20
1
Apr
1996
Technical Reports
Summary of European High-Speed Rail Noise and Vibration Measurements
Subject
High-Speed Passenger Rail
Keywords: Noise Vibration, Ground Borne Vibration, European High-Speed Trains
Abstract: Noise and ground-borne vibration measurements of European high-speed train operations were carried out during May 1995. The measurements were performed by the staff of Harris...
Office
RRD