MEASUREMENT PLAN FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LOAD ENVIRONMENT FOR CROSS TIES AND FASTENERS

This report was prepared as a part of the Improved Track Structures Research Program sponsored by the Office of Rail Safety Research of the Federal Railroad Administration. The report is a planning document for a track measurement program to obtain data on the service loads and reactions of cross ties and rail fasteners. These data will be used to validate analytical models for predicting track response and to provide a statistical description of track loading for design and testing improved cross ties and fastener assemblies. The report includes criteria for site selection, an evaluation of measurement parameters, instrumentation and data analysis techniques, and the development of statistical criteria for planning the measurement program.

• Record URL:
  • https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/measurement-plan-characterization-load-environment-cross-ties-and-fasteners
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Funded by the FRA/U.S. DOT through the Transportation Systems Center; the Bechtel Corporation served as subcontractor.
• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle Columbus Laboratories

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201

  Bechtel Corporation

  50 Beale Street
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94119

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Rail Safety Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • PRAUSE, R H
  • Harrison, H D
  • Arnlund, R C
• Publication Date: 1977-4

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 88 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Instrumentation; Loads; Rail fasteners; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Track components; Train track dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Track loading; Track response investigations
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156868
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/ORD-77/03 Intrm Rpt., DOT-TSC-FRA-77-9
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1044
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM