Joint Bar Integrity Studies

This project will examine joint bar failures in revenue service on two Class I railroads and at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) for determination of the incipient conditions for joint bar failures.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program information: Track and Structures, Rail Joint Integrity. Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded. Links to project: http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/44000/44800/44820/Effects_of_Track_Parameters_on_Rail_Joint_Bar_Stresses_and_Crack_Growth.pdf and http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/54000/54200/54263/Load_Environment_of_Rail_Joint_Bars--Phase_II_20140715_final_1_.pdf

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $440000
• Contract Numbers:

  Grant ID 115

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Tajaddini, Ali

• Start Date: 20140601
• Expected Completion Date: 20150531
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bars (Building materials); Failure; Maintenance of way; Railroad tracks
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01575180
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: Grant ID 115
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 2015 11:35AM