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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
RPD-32
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
RPD-32
7
May
2015
Technical Reports
Risk Evaluation Framework and Selected Metrics for Tank Cars Carrying Hazardous Materials
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Risk Evaluation Framework and Selected Metrics for Tank Cars Carrying Hazardous Materials; Risk evaluation; tank car; toxic by inhalation; poisonous by inhalation; hazardous materials
Abstract: This report presents an analysis of train accident and hazmat release data to quantify the likelihood of a hazmat release. The harm caused by a hazmat release is characterized as...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/07
Office
RPD-32
1
Mar
2013
Policy and Guidance
Camp Car Rules Compliance Audit Checklist, Appendix D
Subject
Industrial Hygiene
Keywords: Camp Car Rules
25
Sep
2012
Other Reports
Equations of Motion for Train Derailment Dynamics
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Report Number
RTDF2007-46009
Office
RPD