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1
May
1978
Technical Reports
Improved Passenger Equipment Evaluation Program
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords: Rail Tracks, Rail Vehicle Suspension, Radial Tracks, Carbody Construction, Finite Element Analysis
Abstract: The status of two foreign rail technologies is analyzed in this second of four semiannual reports. The two technologies are Trucks and Carbody Construction. Trucks are discussed...
Report Number
FRA/ORD- 78/38
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1978
Technical Reports
Self-Synchronous Propulsion System for Rapid Transit Railcars: Advanced Subsystem Development Program Volume II - Detailed Technical Discussion
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Electronic Vehicle Guidance, Rail Rapid Transit, Train Performance
Abstract: Development of the Self-Synchronous Propulsion System was conducted under the Advanced Subsystem Development Program (ASDP), which is a part of the Urban Rapid Rail Vehicle and...
Report Number
UMTA-IT-06-0026-79-2
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1978
Technical Reports
Self-Synchronous Propulsion System for Rapid Transit Railcars: Advanced Subsystem Development Program Volume I - Program Synthesis
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Electronic Vehicle Guidance, Rail Rapid Transit, Train Performance
Abstract: Development of the Self-Synchronous Propulsion System was conducted under the Advanced Subsystem Development Program (ASDP) , which is a part of the Urban Rapid Rail Vehicle and...
Report Number
UMTA-IT-06-0026-79-1
Office
RRD
1
Jan
1978
Other Reports
A New Approach to Railroad Cost Estimation
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Service Quality, Ride Quality, Economic Analysis, Econometric Estimation Process
Abstract: Cost functions for railroad firms are an important element of management decision-making. They are also a principal basis for regulatory policy. Standard ICC cost-finding...
Report Number
DOT-OS-70061
Office
RRD
1
Jan
1978
Technical Reports
Ultrasonic Pulse Propagation in the Cold-Worked Layer of Railroad Rail
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity,
Evaluation
Keywords: Wave Propagation, Layered Media Wave Propagation, Texture, Rail Nondestructive Inspection
Abstract: Ultrasonic pulses propagating along the rolling surface of used railroad rail were observed to have two distinct arrivals. One arrival corresponded to the expected Rayleigh wave....
Report Number
FRA/ORD-77/09.2
Office
RRD