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Technical Reports
Computational Methods to Predict Railcar Response to Track Cross-Level Variations
Keywords: Rock and Roll
Abstract: The rocking response of railroad freight cars to track cross-level variations is studied using: (1) a reduced complexity digital simulation model, and (2) a quasi-linear...
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...
Technical Reports
Impact Properties of Steels Taken from Four Failed Tank Cars
Keywords: hazardous materials; tank car
Abstract: An overview of the results and metallurgical analyses of the findings of impact tests conducted at the National Bureau of Standards on samples of tank-car materials submitted by...
Technical Reports
An Assessment of Railroad Locomotive Noise
Keywords: Noise, Railroad Noise, Locomotive Noise, Exhaust Noise, Fan Noise, In-cab Noise, Wayside Noise, Ground Transportation Noise
Abstract: Measurements of the noise generated by an SD40-2 diesel electric locomotive are described. The noise was measured in three types of moving tests: the first with the locomotive...
Technical Reports
Nondestructive Measurement of Longitudinal Rail Stresses (Interim Report)
Keywords: Rail Stress, Measurement, Rail Material Properties
Abstract: A study of the effect of applied stress on the wave velocity (acoustoelasticity) of railroad rail steel has shown that a potentially useful technique exists for the nondestructive...