Development of Objective Track Quality Indices: Research Results

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• Creators:
  El-Sibaie, Magdy ; Lee, Sun ; Fateh, Mo
• Corporate Creators:
  Ensco, Inc.
• Contributors:
  Lee, Sung
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad tracks
  • Track components
  • Analysis
  • Train track dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Quality control
  • Data and Information Technology
  • Maintenance and Preservation
  • Railroads
  • Vehicles and Equipment
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RR05-01
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Abstract:
  A main goal of the project is to use the new TQIs to quantitatively assess track quality in relation to the Federal Track Safety Standards (FTSS). The newly developed TQIs should also be of wider benefit to the general railroad industry. The preferred track quality indices should be a set of non-biased and quantitative indicators that can be applied to measurements that are made by existing FRA track geometry systems, which are similar to those widely used by the railroad industry.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37460/dot_37460_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 279.54 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4e4eec9af7c61a2898f61dd4d402518e4f99b8a9554b01f75d640e588ab39804