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4
Sep
2024
Technical Reports
Rail Decarbonization: A Global Collaborative Research Endeavor
Subject
Environmental Protection
Keywords: decarbonization; clean energy; emissions; zero-emissions; rail; hydrogen; battery energy storage system; BESS; fuel cell; dual fuel
Abstract: This report summarizes a...
Report Number
RR 24-09
Office
RDI-22
5
Jul
2024
Research Results
Full-Scale Shell Impact Test of a DOT-105J500W Tank Car Designed to Carry Liquid Carbon Dioxide
Subject
Research,
Rolling Stock
Keywords: DOT-105, tank cars, impact testing, puncture resistance, hazardous materials, hazmat, finite element analysis, model validation, carbon dioxide
Report Number
RR 24-07
Office
RDI-22
1
Feb
2024
Technical Reports
Improving Tank Car Crash Energy Management (CEM)
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Rolling stock research, FEA, mitigation, hazmat, tank car, puncture resistance, TC128-B
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration sponsored a 2-year research effort between August 2020 and August 2022 to investigate multiple mitigation concepts for hazmat tank cars,...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24-05
Office
RDI-22
21
Aug
2023
Technical Reports
Locomotive Crash Energy Management Train-to-Train Collision Test
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Impact test, crash energy management, CEM, occupant protection systems, transportation safety, passenger car safety
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored MxV Rail to conduct a collision test using both a moving and a stationary three-car consist. The moving consist included an...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-23/22
Office
RDI-22
27
Jul
2023
Technical Reports
Locomotive Crash Energy Management Vehicle-to-Vehicle Tests 1 & 2: Analyses and Test Results
Keywords: Locomotives, crashworthiness, railcars, couplers, crash energy management, push-back coupler, deformable anti-climber, override, collision, injury, impacts
Abstract: Crash energy management (CEM) components which can be integrated into the end structure of a locomotive were developed: a push-back coupler and a deformable anti-climber. These...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-23/20
Office
RDI-22