Technology Digests

MxV Rail’s Technology Digest e-Library spans over 30 years of research and testing for the Association of American Railroads (AAR). This work was made possible by the support of the AAR and its member railroads, as well as additional partners including the Federal Railroad Administration, suppliers and vendors, and allied universities.

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1,154 Technology Digests

Date Posted:
By
  • Michael McHenry
  • Joseph LoPresti
Tags:
  • Crossties and Fasteners
  • engineered polymer composite tie
  • EPC tie
  • FASTĀ®
Date Posted:
By
  • Anna Rakoczy
  • Duane Otter
  • Stephen Dick
Tags:
  • Bridges
  • equivalent Cooper loading
  • intermodal
  • net truck vertical forces
  • NTV
  • short spans
  • vertical loads
  • wheel impact load detectors
  • WILD
Date Posted:
By
  • Matthew Witte
  • Brian Lindeman
Tags:
  • machine vision inspection
  • New Vision
  • TFDS
  • truck component inspection
  • undercarriage inspection
  • Wayside Detection & Car Identification
Date Posted:
By
  • Matthew Witte
  • Richard Chaparro
  • Abe Meddah
Tags:
  • automated rail car inspection
  • defect detection
  • machine vision
  • truck component inspection
  • Wayside Detection & Car Identification
  • wayside inspection
Date Posted:
By
  • Matthew Witte
  • Abe Meddah
  • William GeMeiner
Tags:
  • automated rail car inspection
  • defect detection
  • machine vision
  • truck component inspection
  • Wayside Detection & Car Identification
  • wayside inspection
Date Posted:
By
  • Benjamin Bakkum
  • Rafael Jimenez
  • David Davis
Tags:
  • Flange Climb
  • maintenance practices
  • switch inspection
  • turnouts & special trackwork
Date Posted:
By
  • Abe Meddah
  • MaryClara Jones
  • Mike Reedy
Tags:
  • AAR Chapter 11
  • DOT-111
  • PBTG
  • performance based track geometry
  • tank car
  • vehicle/track dynamics; vehicle/track interaction
  • VTI
Date Posted:
By
  • Sabri Cakdi
  • Harry Tournay
  • Alexander Keylin
Tags:
  • finite element modeling
  • Rail Materials/ Inspection/Maintenance
  • RCF
  • rolling contact fatigue
  • tread damage
  • wear modeling
  • wheel/rail contact
  • Wheels/Maintenance
Date Posted:
By
  • Scott Cummings
  • Thomas Guins
  • Demet Urgup
Tags:
  • wheel rim thick wear turn cost benefit
  • wheels and maintenance
Date Posted:
By
  • Scott Cummings
Tags:
  • AAR-1B
  • AAR-2A
  • profile
  • SRI-1A
  • stability
  • TTCI-1A
  • wear
  • wheel
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