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1
Oct
1976
Technical Reports
Feasibility of Flaw Detection in Railroad Wheels Using Acoustic Signatures
Subject
Railroad System Oversight
Keywords: Railroad cars, Vehicle wheels, Nondestructive tests, Defects, Acoustic signatures, Cracks, Pattern recognition, Computer printouts, BASIC programming language, ANSYS computer program
Abstract: The feasibility study on the use of acoustic signatures for detection of flaws in railway wheels was conducted with the ultimate objective of development of an intrack device for...
Report Number
DOT-TSC-FRA-76-6; FRA/ORD-76/290
Office
RRD
1
Oct
1976
Technical Reports
Railroad Research Bulletin - Autumn 1976 Volume 3, Number 2
Subject
Best Practices
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Advanced Systems, Bibliography and Documentation, Abstracts
Abstract: This publication contains 1,492 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 563 summaries of...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D 76-281
Office
RRD
30
Sep
1976
Technical Reports
Technical Feasibility Study of Railroad Electrification with High Voltage (10-50 kV) Direct Current
Keywords: Electric railroads , Rapid transit railways, Feasibility, High voltage, Direct current, Electric power distribution, Switchgear, Rectifiers, Circuit breakers, Utilization
Abstract: High-voltage (10-50 kV), direct-current (HVDC) power distribution may prove to be an economically and technically attractive option for railroad electrification. There may be...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/05
Office
RDI-20
1
Sep
1976
Technical Reports
Standby Power for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Warning Systems
Keywords: Standby power generators, Auxiliary electric power units, Storage batteries, Solar cells, Thermoelectric generators, Intersections, Warning systems, Railroads, Standby power generation, Control equipment, Railroad grade crossings
Abstract: The requirements for standby power at railroad-highway grade crossings, as established by the states, the Association of American Railroads, and the individual railroads, are...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D-76-286
Office
RDI-20
1
Jul
1976
Technical Reports
Technical Feasibility Study of Railroad Electrification with High Voltage (10-50kV) Direct Current
Subject
Track/Train Interactions,
Evaluation
Keywords: DC Railroad Electrification, DC High-Voltage Rail Applications, DC Switching Equipment, DC Power Distribution
Abstract: High-voltage (10-50 kV), direct-current (HVDC) power distribution may prove to be an economically and technically attractive option for railroad electrification. There may be...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-77/05
Office
RRD