End-of-Life Structural Teardown of Welded Tank Car Stub Sills

43rd Mechanical Working and Steel Processing Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 849-860

  McKeighan, Peter C ^a   Warke, Robert W ^a   Cardinal, Joseph W ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metallurgical Evaluation; Railroad Tank Car; Structural Integrity; Teardown Inspection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011949797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. J. W. Cardinal, P. C. McKeighan, and S. J. Hudak, Jr., “Damage Tolerance Analysis of Tank Car Stub Sill Cracking,” Final Report, Southwest Research Institute Project No. 06-6965, November 1998.
2. K. B. Smith, “Stub Sill Tank Car Research Project: Full-Scale Damage Tolerance Test,” Final Draft Report, Transportation Technology Center, Inc., November 1998.
3. R. W. Warke, P. C. McKeighan, and J. W. Cardinal, “Teardown Inspections of Cracked Stub Sills,” Final Report, Southwest Research Institute Project No. 18.06965.080, July 2001.
4. D. J. Benac, P. C. McKeighan, and J. W. Cardinal, “Fractographic Analysis of Cracks Generated During a Full-Scale Railroad Tank Car Fatigue Test,” Final Report, Southwest Research Institute Project No. 06-8840, for the Transportation Technology Center, Inc., Pueblo, CO, April 1998.
5. “Tank Car Stub Sill Inspection Program,” Association of American Railroads O&M Circular No. 1, July 17, 1992.