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HQ-2015-1009 FINDINGS REPORT (Finalized)

ACCIDENT FINDINGS REPORT for Derailment of CSX Transportation, Inc.’s Unit Crude Oil Train K08014 Transporting Crude Oil for Plains All American, Mount Carbon, West Virginia

Aerodynamic Forces on Maglev Vehicles

The results of four separate tasks are documented: (1) minimization of front-end drag, (2) effect of fineness ratio (ratio of length to diameter) on drag, (3) design of aerosurfaces for control purposes, and (4) control and dynamics of maglev vehicles with aerodynamic control surfaces. Task 1...