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U.S. DOT News Digest: University of Illinois at Chicago to Study Train Derailments with FRA Grant

Contact: Steve Kulm or Warren Flatau
Telephone: 202-493-6024

Friday, July 14, 2006 (Washington, DC) Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have received a $502,462 grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to create new three-dimensional software to model and simulate the forces involved in train derailments. The grant will expand on work conducted for the Systematic Analysis of Multibody Systems/Rail project, underway since 1999. Contact: Steve Kulm (202) 493-6024
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