Damage Assessment of Railroad Tank Cars Involved in Accidents: Phase I Literature Search and Evaluation

Transportation Technology Center, Inc., a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads, is conducting a research project titled, "Damage Assessment of Tank Cars Involved in Accidents". Phase I of the project evaluated the validity of guidelines currently used to assess the severity of damage to pressure tank cars caused by derailments. A search of the technical literature was performed and subsequently evaluated to identify which of the guidelines can be validated and which require additional modeling and validation in the Phase II effort. This report and accompanying appendix present the results of the literature search and evaluation and make recommendations for the Phase II research.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40228
• Corporate Authors:

  Association of American Railroads

  Transportation Technology Center, P. O. Box 11130
  Pueblo, CO  United States  81001

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Pieratt, K Scott
  • Davis, Jeffery C
  • Conlon, Peter C
• Publication Date: 2005-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Glossary; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 55p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Derailments; Guidelines; Hazardous materials; Literature reviews; Railroad crashes; Tank cars
• Uncontrolled Terms: Damage assessment
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01051554
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/FRA/ORD-06/12
• Contract Numbers: DTFR 53-93-C-00001, Task Order 115
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 29 2007 6:17PM