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Hazardous Materials Transportation

Current projects include:

      • Designing Tank Cars for Normal Service and Accident Forces
      • Railroad Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel
      • Gross Weight Railcars Greater than 263,000 pounds
      • Reliability Assessment Methodology

    TANK CAR INTEGRITY

      • Critical Flaw Size
      • Shelf Coupler Redesign/Height Mismatch Effects
      • Tank Car Pressure Relief Devices
      • Tank Car Steels
      • Tank Car Closures: Manways/Bottom Outlets/Flanges
      • Intermodal Tank Integrity
      • Thermal Integrity of Tank Cars

    DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVED INSPECTION SYSTEMS

      • Tank Car Damage Assessment/Improved Emergency Response
      • Tank Car Damage Tolerance Analysis (DTA)
      • Tank Car Puncture Models
      • Non-Destructive Evaluations to Replace Hydro Test
      • Acoustic Emission Inspection
      • Remote Tank Car Inspection

Freight Railroading / Research & Development / R&D Programs / HazMat Transportation

Last Updated: May. 23, 2007
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