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1
Apr
1994
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Ground Transportation Systems: Analytical Methodology for Safety Validation of Computer Controlled Subsystems. Volume 1. State-Of-The-Art and Assessment of Safety Verification/Validation Methodologies
Subject
High-Speed Passenger Rail,
Maglev
Keywords: verification; validation; software; hardware; methodlogy; safety; safety standards; high speed rail; magnetic levitation; high-speed guided ground transportation system
Abstract: This report describes the development of a methodology designed to assure that a sufficiently high level of safety is achieved and maintained in computer-based systems which...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/10.I
Office
RDI-20
1
Dec
1993
Other Reports
FRA/Volpe Center Task Force Observation of Operations at TVE Transrapid Test Facility, Addendum
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Testing
Abstract: This report is an addendum to a report (No. DOT-VNTSC-RR393-PM-93-1) prepared in April 1993 describing the operatoins witnessed and the relevant information obtained by nine...
Report Number
DOT-VNTSC-RR393-PM-93-1A
1
Oct
1993
Technical Reports
High Speed Switches for Maglev Vehicles
Subject
Maglev
Keywords: High Speed Switch, Electromagnetic Switch, Guideways
Abstract: High speed switches are required to maintain throughput capacity and schedule and route flexibility in a successful Maglev system. Ride quality constraints at full speed require...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/01
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1993
Technical Reports
Environmental Externalities and Social Costs of Transportation Systems- Measurement, Mitigation and Costing: An Annotated Bibliography
Abstract: There is increasing interest in how the full costs of environmental and social impacts can be weighed in the decision-making process. To allow planners, policy makers, legislators...
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1993
Technical Reports
Laboratory Fatigue Testing of Selected Welded and Bolted Aluminum Connections for Freight Car Design
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: Fatigue Properties, S-N Diagram, Modified Goodman Diagram
Abstract: This report describes the tests conducted to determine the fatigue properties of joints and construction details in aluminum-bodied freight cars. The tests were conducted at the...
Report Number
R-839
Office
RRD