Railroads
Finite Element Analyses of Side Impacts to DOT-113 Surrogate Tank Cars with Water and Liquid Nitrogen
On June 11, 2020, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a side impact test on a surrogate DOT-113 tank car filled with water at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) to (1) evaluate its performance under dynamic impact conditions and (2) provide data for the verification and...
Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway Congestion Mitigation Project
Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR) is proposing to use Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program funding and Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Funding (RRIF) to administer a congestion mitigation project (the...
Integrity of Rail Passenger Equipment Glazing Systems
Failures of glazing retention mechanisms on passenger trains have led to multiple injuries and fatalities in rollover-type accidents over the last several decades. This research effort reviewed global standards for glazing system design and performance, as well as modes of retention failures...