RailTEC Journal Articles
2023
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2023. Effect of critical factors influencing longitudinal track resistance leveraging laboratory track panel pull test experimentation. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231155420. -
2023. A review of non-destructive evaluation techniques for axial thermal stress and neutral temperature measurement in rail: Physical phenomena and performance assessment. NDT and E International. 137 (July) doi:https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2023.102832. -
2023. Development of a real-time wheel load quantification system for the transit environment. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. doi:10.1177/03611981231156935. -
2023. Review of critical factors influencing longitudinal track resistance. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231155170.
2022
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2022. Degradation mechanisms of concrete due to water flow in cracks of prestressed railroad sleepers under cyclic loading. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 34 (4) doi:10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0004144. -
2022. Semi-quantitative risk assessment of adjacent track accidents on shared-use rail corridors. Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management. 24 (December 2022): 100355. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrtpm.2022.100355.
2021
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2021. Methods to mitigate railway premium fastening system spike fatigue failures using finite element analysis. Engineering Failure Analysis. 121 (March 2021): 105160. doi:10.1016/j.engfailanal.2020.105160. -
2021. Quantification of vertical, lateral, and longitudinal fastener demand in broken spike track: Inputs to mechanistic-empirical design. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 1-13. doi:10.1177/09544097211030736.
2020
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2020. Statistical prediction of center negative bending capacity of pretensioned concrete crossties. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems. doi:10.1177/0954409719854569. -
2020. Analytical method to estimate railroad spike fastener stress. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. doi:10.1177/0361198120949259. -
2020. Improving railway operational efficiency with moving blocks, train fleeting and alternative single-track configurations. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2674 (2): 146-157. doi:10.1177/0361198120905842. -
2020. Potential for moving blocks and train fleets to enable faster train meets on single-track rail corridors. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems. 146 (8): 04020077. doi:10.1061/JTEPBS.0000403. -
2020. Quantitative analysis of changes in freight train derailment causes and rates. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems. 146 (11) doi:10.1061/JTEPBS.0000453.
2019
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2019. Analysis of geometric ballast plate for laboratory testing of resilient track components. Transportation Geotechnics. 20 (100240). -
2019. Identification of the under-tie pad material characteristics for stress state reduction. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. doi:10.1177/0954409719890156. -
2019. Analysis of the temperature effect on concrete crosstie flexural behavior. Construction and Building Materials. 196: 362-374. doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.11.065. -
2019. Probabilistic framework for the assessment of the flexural design of concrete sleepers. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. doi:10.1177/0954409719854569. -
2019. Investigation into the effect of lateral and longitudinal loads on railroad spike stress magnitude and location using finite element analysis. Engineering Failure Analysis. 104 (2019): 388-398. doi:10.1016/j.engfailanal.2019.06.009. -
2019. Transitioning from flexible to structured heavy haul operations to expand the capacity of single-track shared corridors in North America. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 233 (6): 629-639. doi:10.1177/0954409718804427. -
2019. Relative capacity and performance of fixed and moving block control systems on North American freight railway lines and shared passenger corridors. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2673 (5): 250-261. doi:10.1177/0361198119841852. -
2019. Relative train length and the infrastructure required to mitigate delays from operating combinations of normal and over-length freight trains on single-track railway lines in North America. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 233 (7): 731-742. doi:10.1177/0954409718809204. -
2019. STEM K-12 outreach as the root of transportation education: experiences from the railway engineering field. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2673 (12): 558-569. doi:10.1177/0361198119841564. -
2019. Development of a parametric model for the prediction of concrete railway crosstie service bending moments. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. doi:10.1177/0954409719888068. -
2019. Quantitative causal analysis of mainline passenger train accidents in the United States. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. doi:10.1177/0954409719876128. -
2019. Risk-based optimization of rail defect inspection frequency for petroleum crude oil transportation. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2672 (1S): 27-35. doi:10.3141/2545-04. -
2019. Railroad infrastructure 4.0: Development and application of an automatic ballast support condition assessment system. Transportation Geotechnics. 19: 19-34. doi:10.1016/j.trgeo.2019.01.002.
2018
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2018. Laboratory characterization of structural capacity of North American heavy haul concrete crossties. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2672 (10): 116-124. doi:10.1177/0361198118782250. -
2018. Laboratory analysis of track gauge restraining capacity of center-cracked railway concrete sleepers with various support conditions. Engineering Failure Analysis. 94: 354-363. doi:10.1016/j.engfailanal.2018.08.018. -
2018. Quantification of rail transit wheel loads and development of improved dynamic and impact loading factors for design. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Part F. 232 (10): 2406-2417. doi:10.1177/0954409718770924. -
2018. Quantifying bending moments in rail-transit concrete sleepers. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems. 144 (3): 04018003. doi:10.1061/JTEPBS.0000125. -
2018. Support condition and traffic loading patterns influencing laboratory determination of under-ballast mat bedding modulus and insertion loss. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2672 (10): 74-84. doi:10.1177/0361198118793501. -
2018. Laboratory fatigue performance of under-ballast mats under varying loads and support conditions. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Part F. doi:10.1177/0954409718795920. -
2018. Load quantification of the wheel-rail interface of rail vehicles for the infrastructure of light rail, heavy rail, and commuter rail transit. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 232 (2): 596-605. doi:10.1177/0954409716684266. -
2018. Quantification of loading environment and flexural demand of prestressed concrete crossties under shared corridor operating conditions. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2672 (10): 136-145. doi:10.1177/0361198118793500.
2017
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2017. Survival analysis at multiple scales for the modeling of track geometry deterioration. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 232 (3): 842-850. doi:10.1177/0954409717695650. -
2017. Flexural behavior of concrete crossties under different support conditions. American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Transportation Engineering. 143 (12): 04017064. doi:10.1061/JTEPBS.0000097. -
2017. Quantification of concrete railway sleeper bending moments using surface strain gauges. Measurement - Journal of the International Measurement Confederation. 111: 197-207. -
2017. Compressive stress distribution in prestressed concrete and its effect on railroad crosstie design. Construction and Building Materials. 151: 147-157. doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.05.186. -
2017. Laboratory investigation of the Skl-style fastening system's lateral load performance under heavy haul freight railroad loads. Engineering Structures. 139 (2017): 71-80. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.02.039. -
2017. Railway Engineering Education Symposium: Evolving to rebuild a growing rail academic community. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2608: 96-104. doi:10.3141/2608-11. -
2017. Freight-train derailment rates for railroad safety and risk analysis. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 98 (2017): 1-7. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2016.09.012. -
2017. Economics and planning of short haul and short line railway intermodal rail service: Lessons from previous and current operations. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2608 (2017): 105-114. -
2017. Improving the abrasion resistance of concrete to mitigate concrete crosstie rail seat deterioration (RSD). American Society of Testing Materials International Materials Performance and Characterization. 6 (1): 521-534. doi:10.1520/MPC20170051. -
2017. Evaluation of dynamic and impact wheel load factors and their application in design processes. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 231 (1): 33-43. doi:10.1177/0954409715619454. -
2017. Worldwide railway skeleton network: Extraction methodology and preliminary analysis. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 18 (8): 2206-2216. doi:doi 10.1109/TITS.2016.2632998. -
2017. Finite element analysis of rail end bolt-hole and fillet stress on bolted rail joints. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2607: 33-42.
2016
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2016. Finite element modelling and field validation of prestressed concrete sleepers and fastening systems. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 12 (5): 631-646. doi:10.1080/15732479.2015.1034140. -
2016. Operational schedule flexibility and infrastructure investment: capacity trade-off on single-track railways. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2546: 1-8. doi:10.3141/2546-01. -
2016. Effect of particle intrusion on rail seat load distributions on heavy haul freight railroads. International Journal of Rail Transportation. 4 (2): 98-112. doi:10.1080/23248378.2016.1157048. -
2016. Fault tree analysis of adjacent track accidents on shared-use rail corridors. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2546: 129-136. doi:10.3141/2546-16.