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Estimation of Actual Residual Stresses Due to Breaking and Contact Loading of Rail Vehicle Wheels
A finite element formulation for shakedown stress analysis of rail vehicle wheels is presented, based on a hypothesis that the shakedown state is axisymmetric. The method can be used to estimate shakedown stresses in wheels subjected to combined mechanical (wheel/rail contact) and thermal (...Law Enforcement Strategies for Preventing Rail Trespassing
The Volpe Center has investigated law enforcement methods that have successfully prevented trespassing along the railroad right of way. The types of law enforcement strategies currently being used and procedures followed in the field are documented, along with any findings on the effectiveness...
Short Line Safety Institute Pilot Safety Culture Assessment Project: Development of Assessment Tools
The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), with the support of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Technology and Development (RT&D), implementing a Short Line Safety Institute. The ASLRRA and FRA initiated the Institute with a Pilot Safety...Administrator Feinberg's Remarks as Delivered at AASHTO
Remarks AS DELIVERED
Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg
AASHTO Legislative Panel
Washington, D.C., 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
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