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20
May
2019
Technical Reports
Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-117 Tank Car
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Impact test, DOT-117 tank car, tank car performance, tank car, transportation safety
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a side impact test on a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)-117J100W (DOT-117) tank car at the Transportation Technology...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/13
Office
RDI-22
22
Oct
2018
Technical Reports
Rail Tank Car Total Containment Fire Testing
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Tank cars, fire testing, total containment, caustic transport, Analysis of Fire Effects on Tank Cars, AFFTAC, Non-Accident Releases, NARs
Abstract: A series of seven fully-engulfing fire tests were conducted by Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM) personnel on one-third scale test tanks to evaluate the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/35
Office
RDI-22
22
Oct
2018
Technical Reports
Objective Evaluation of Risk Reduction from Tank Car Design and Operations Improvements – Extended Study
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Hazardous materials, probability of puncture, risk evaluation, tank car puncture resistance
Abstract: This report describes a novel and objective methodology for quantifying and characterizing how changes to tank car designs or the tank car operating environment lead to reductions...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/36
Office
RDI-22
22
Dec
2016
Technical Reports
Force Environment Evaluation of Stub Sills on Tank Cars Using Autonomous Over-the-Road Testing of the Instrumented Tank Car
Subject
Hazardous Materials,
Crashworthiness - Tank Car
Keywords: Tank cars, stub sills, ENSCO, track geometry, measurement, load environment, operating conditions, instrumented tank cars, data collection, vertical coupler force, longitudinal coupler force
Abstract: Fractures have been observed on stub sill tank cars for many years. Undetected and unattended, these fractures can develop into a variety of tank car failures. While tank car...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-16/39
Office
RDI-22
13
Dec
2016
Technical Reports
Side Impact Test and Analysis of a DOT-112 Tank Car
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Impact test, DOT-112 tank car, tank car performance, transportation safety, toxic by inhalation (TIH)
Abstract: As part of a program to improve transportation safety for tank cars, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) has conducted a side impact test on a DOT-112 tank car to...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-16/38
Office
RDI-22
30
Aug
2016
Technical Reports
Probability of Detection Evaluation Results for Railroad Tank Car Nondestructive Testing
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Nondestructive testing, direct visual testing , liquid penetrant testing, magnetic particle testing, ultrasonic testing, phased array ultrasonic testing, probability of detection, railroad tank car, butt weld, fillet weld, defect
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), and rail industry participants have performed probability of detection (POD)...
Report Number
DOT/ORD/FRA-16/35
Office
RDI-22
26
Jul
2016
Technical Reports
Cost/Benefit Analysis of Head Shields for 112A/114A Series Tank Cars
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Protectors, Shielding, Benefit cost analysis, Tank cars, Railroad cars, Piercing, Accidents, Fire safety, Hazardous materials, Liquefied gases, Rail transportation, Class 112A tank cars, Class 114A tank cars, DOT/5A, DOT/4DZ/DC, Railroad accidents
Abstract: A cost/benefit analysis of head shields installed on new and existing 112A/114A series pressure tank cars was performed based on a redistribution of accident dollar losses. Head...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D 75-34 Final Rpt.
Office
RDI-20
16
May
2016
Technical Reports
Full-Scale Tank Car Rollover Tests – Survivability of Top Fittings and Top Fittings Protective Structures
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Full-scale testing, fittings, protection, rollover, tank car, tank car safety, bowl, sleeve, skid
Abstract: Full-scale rollover crash tests were performed on three non-pressure tank carbodies to validate previous analytical work and determine the effectiveness of two different types of...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-16/12
Office
RDI-22
6
Oct
2015
Technical Reports
Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-111 Tank Car
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Impact test; DOT-111 tank car; tank car performance; transportation safety
Abstract: Transportation Technology Center, Inc. conducted a side impact test on a DOT-111 tank car to evaluate the performance of the tank car under dynamic impact conditions and to...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/30
Office
RDI-22
7
May
2015
Technical Reports
Risk Evaluation Framework and Selected Metrics for Tank Cars Carrying Hazardous Materials: Hazmat-Related Accident Data
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Risk Evaluation Framework and Selected Metrics for Tank Cars Carrying Hazardous Materials
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/07.II
Office
RDI-22