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Quantification of the Effectiveness of Low Solar Absorptivity Coatings for Reducing Rail Temperature

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • Federal Railroad Administration
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/37
Office
RDI-21
Keywords:
Track buckling; sun kink; rail neutral temperature; low solar absorption coating; thermal reflective coating
Document
Effectiveness_of_Solar_Coatings_final.pdf (1.39 MB)

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Last updated: Thursday, January 14, 2016