The US Transportation Collection consists of documents from across all transportation modes with specific focus on research reports from US DOT, state DOTs, and other transportation organizations.
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The use of lightweight aggregate in the production of plant mixed asphalt paving materials requires consideration of specific guides to maximize the success probability of design, construction and maintenance of this surfacing material. The need, indeed, the demand for long term high friction pavement surfaces increases with the ever-increasing vol
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Extensive research has been directed toward the addition of sulphur to asphaltic concrete mixes to function as either a quality aggregate or as an asphalt cement extender. By utilizing a high sulphur/asphalt ratio sulphur extended asphalt mix, it was believed that marginal aggregate could be substituted for quality aggregate. This report discusses
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This report covers the design, construction and evaluation of two hot mix recycling projects. One project recycled two inches of existing dense-asphaltic concrete through a modified batch plant. The second project recycled a total of five inches of existing asphalt surface treatment and sand-clay-gravel base through a modified dryer-drum plant. Eac
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Solution to the problem of deterioration of bridge decks due to the corrosion of embedded steel has been sought by engineers for a long time. The purpose of the study was to evaluate, under laboratory conditions, the properties of concrete using a commercially available corrosion inhibitor (Darex) as an additive to the concrete.There was a limited
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The scope of the study was to make concrete mixes in the laboratory using a partial factorial, with three cement contents, two coarse aggregates and three fine-to-coarse aggregate ratios. The mixes showing the best properties and highest compressive strengths were repeated for several test repititions to determine if these strengths could be obtain
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Ethyl alcohol continues as a serious adverse factor in general aviation flight safety. According to FAA figures, the level of alcohol-associated general aviation fatal accidents has remained relatively static at a 16% general level since 1969. A recent survey of the attitudes of pilots toward alcohol and flying reveals a lack of appreciation among
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Twenty rats were given propranolol, 1.8 mg/kg body weight, by mouth for 12 days. On day 13, these and 20 control rats were tested for time of useful function (TUF) after rapid decompression in a hypobaric chamber. The criterion for TUF was the animal's ability to remain upright in a motor-driven exercise wheel. The decompression profile was achieve
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The report provides an assessment of the current state of motor vehicle demand modeling. It includes a detailed evaluation of one leading large-scale econometric vehicle demand model, which is tested for both logical consistency and forecasting accuracy. Results of the model evaluation suggest improvements in the specification of existing vehicle d
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A major cause of concrete bridge deck deterioration is the corrosion of the reinforcing steel which, in turn, is caused by the presence of extremely high concentrations of chloride ions in the concrete. It was believed that the chloride came almost entirely from applications of deicing salts and that the contribution from the concrete mix was insig
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Under the Phase III the design, development, and fabrication of the Research Safety Vehicle (RSV) are summarized in this document. This work constitutes Phase III of a four-phase DOT/NHTSA program for the research, development, fabrication, and testing of the RSV and its completion signifies the end of the Calspan effort under the contract on Phase
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In Phase III of the RSV program, the Phase II design of subsystems and components was refined and adapted to exemplify mass production techniques. This report summarizes the integration of the various elements into a coordinated design from which ten vehicles were fabricated for test and evaluation by others in Phase IV. The five-passenger family c
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This report is the second in a series which will document two phases of a research project conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute entitled, "Evaluating Urban Freeway Guide Signing". The research was sponsored by the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Hig
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Previous studies of highway construction effects on land use have focused mainly upon the effects of the construction of new highways. In view of a new emphasis upon upgrading and expanding existing facilities rather than building new ones, the need arises for information concerning the land use effects of such improvements. This report relates the
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This report contains engineering parameter descriptions of major and distinctive freight vehicle configurations covering approximately 96% of the U.S. freight vehicle fleet. This data has been developed primarily for use in analytical simulation modeling of rail vehicles to analyses of vehicle/track dynamic interaction dynamics. To characterize loa
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United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
1980-04-01
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In April 1978, Congress requested that the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) perform a technology assessment as whether the potential benefits of advanced super-sonic transport aircraft-or second-generation supersonic transports-justify increases in the levels of Federal funding for generic research and development in supersonic cruise technolo
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This interim report is prepared to provide a review of the performance evaluation exhibited on twenty-three (23) experimental railroad-highway grade-crossing projects in the state of Louisiana. The railroad crossings were installed during a ten-year period from June, 1970, to April, 1980, under the Federal Highway Administration "Category 2 - Exper
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Four polymer modifiers, commercially known as: Dow SM Modifier "A", Thermoflex 8002, Arco-Dylex 1186, and Duralguard Modifier "E", were chosen to be evaluated in this study effort. The first three of these products were already approved by FHWA as alternates to low slump dense concrete known as Iowa Dense concrete, or epoxy coated reinforcing steel
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Aircraft crashworthiness features are presented, as others have done, in terms of packaging principles. Modern aerial application aircraft are recognized as being the most crashworthy in the civil aviation fleet. Eighteen accidents involving an aerial application aircraft are presented in regard to crashworthiness findings, crashworthiness being th
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A number of factors operating within pilots may impair their ability to operate aircraft in a safe manner, thus accounting for some of the 83 to 87 percent of pilot 'causes' of general aviation accidents. Aircraft accident investigators should be attuned to characteristics of the accident, witness statements, and autopsy and laboratory findings tha
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During the early nineteenth century the United States experienced a period of growth and expansion. To help meet needs occasioned by this growth, improved means of communicationand transportation were established. Among these improvements were the construction of turnpikes. The period from 1800-1830 has, in fact, been termed by George Rogers Taylor
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