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1
Apr
1975
Technical Reports
Rail Hazardous Material Tank Car Design Study
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: hazardous materials; tank car
Abstract: Tank cars containing flammable liquefied compressed gas ladings have been involved in many accidents involving death, injury, and large amounts of property damage. The losses have...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/45
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1975
Technical Reports
A Review of Rail-Wheel Contact Stress Problems
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Rail Failure, Residual Stress, Rolling Friction Stress Analysis, Contact Stress
Abstract: From its earliest days, railroad technology has been limited by an inadequate understanding of the mechanics of load transfer between wheel and rail. It is the purpose of this...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-76/141
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1975
Technical Reports
Railroad Research Bulletin - Spring 1975 Volume 2, Number 1
Subject
Best Practices
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Advanced Systems, Abstracts, Bibliography and Documentation
Abstract: This publication contains 1,176 abstracts of journal articles and research reports selected by RRIS from current railroad literature and 235 summaries of ongoing research...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D 75-42
Office
RRD
26
Mar
1975
Technical Reports
Acquisition and Use of Track Geometry Data in Maintenance-of-Way Planning
Keywords: Railroad tracks, Maintenance Measurement, Data processing, Inspection Measuring instruments, Maintenance management, DOT/4CZ/CY, DOT/3I
Abstract: The report describes data acquisition by the FRA Measurement Cars and subsequent use of the collected track geometry data by the Bessemer and Lake Erie (B and LE) and the Denver...
Report Number
FRA-ORD&D-75-27 Tech Rpt.
Office
RDI-20
15
Feb
1975
Technical Reports
Computer Simulation of Tank Car Head Puncture Mechanisms. Classification Yard Accidents.
Keywords: Tank cars, Railroad cars, Puncture resistance, Collision research, Computerized simulation, Accidents, Couplings, Hazardous materials, Cargo transportation, Loads(Forces), Mathematical models, Safety, Railroad accidents
Abstract: A number of railroad accidents have been aggravated by couplers puncturing the shell head of hazardous material tank cars. Development of means for identifying possible puncture...
Report Number
DOT-OS-40106
Office
RDI-20