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TCRP Report 71 Volume 7:

Track-Related Research, Volume 7: Guidelines for Guard/Restraining Rail Installation (2010)

36 pages | 8.5 x 11

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36 pages | 8.5 x 11

TCRP Report 71 Volume 7:

Track-Related Research, Volume 7: Guidelines for Guard/Restraining Rail Installation (2010)

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Xinggao Shu; Nicholas Wilson; Transportation Research Board

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 71, Volume 7: Guidelines for Guard/Restraining Rail Installation explores two guard rail installation philosophies and the effects of vehicle types, wheel flange angle, wheel/rail friction coefficient, curve radius, cant deficiency, and track perturbation on flange climb derailments.

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National Research Council. TCRP Report 71 Volume 7: Track-Related Research, Volume 7: Guidelines for Guard/Restraining Rail Installation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

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TCRP Report 71 Volume 7:

Track-Related Research, Volume 7: Guidelines for Guard/Restraining Rail Installation (2010)

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Front Matter i-ix

Summary 1-2

1.2 Philosophy II 3-4

Chapter 2 - Literature Review 5-5

3.1 Transit Rail Cars (Type 1) 6-7

3.2 Light Rail Vehicles (Type 1) 8-11

4.2 Transit Rail Cars 12-18

4.3 Light Rail Vehicles 19-21

4.4 Summary of Flange Climb Derailment Simulations 22-23

Chapter 5 - Conclusions 24-25

References 26-26

Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications 27-27

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