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