Development and Application of Methodology for Reliability Assessment of Tank Car Structures: Phase I

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• Creators:
  Zhao, Wei ; Sutton, Michael A.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of South Carolina
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Covered freight cars
  • Decision making
  • Methodology
  • Regulations
  • Reliability (Statistics)
  • Risk analysis
  • Tank cars
  • Safety
  • Maintenance of way
  • Data and Information Technology
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-07/29
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  South Carolina ; United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  01095652
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  Safe packaging and transport of hazardous materials is of vital importance to tank car builders, users, Federal regulatory agencies, and the general public. Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) can be used to effectively maintain the reliability of tank car systems in guarding against lading loss due to equipment failures. Adequate and cost-efficient maintenance decisions depend on the ability to understand the tank car’s characteristics and its responses under various service conditions, as well as the ability to analyze and predict the tank car’s performance and resistance deterioration as a function of usage. To support the informed decisionmaking and planning for the RCM through quantitative risk analysis and prediction, this project has developed a methodology that applies modern reliability methods to perform reliability analysis on tank car structures.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40336/dot_40336_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 930.53 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:457cf4da3ae823bd8ab3f27f8bf7818f911052b535fe592f790f48bfb41c59a9