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Engineering Analysis for Railroad Tank Car Head Puncture Resistance

This paper describes engineering analyses to estimate the forces, deformations, and puncture resistance of railroad tank cars. Different approaches to examine puncture of the tank car head are described. One approach is semi-empirical equations to estimate the velocity at which puncture is...

Metrics and Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail Service

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