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Technical Sessions

WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 10 TRACK 2 RAIL EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING

TRACK 13 PLENARY SESSION Track Organizer: Jeffrey Gordon, US DOT/Federal Railroad Administration,
Cambridge, MA, United States
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PLENARY SESSION Track Co-Organizer: Bryan Schlake, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA, United
LOBBY LEVEL, PRIMROSE States

12:30PM–1:15PM 2-1

EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS AND WEAR

TRACK 1 RAILROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING LOWER LEVEL, MAGPIE B 1:30PM–3:30PM

Track Organizer: Conrad Ruppert, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United Session Organizer: Bryan Schlake, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA, United
States States

Track Co-Organizer: Debakanta Mishra, Boise State University, Boise, ID, Prototyping a Conductive Polymer Steering Pad for Rail Freight Service
United States
Technical Publication. JRC2019-1286
1-1 1:30PM–3:30PM
CONCRETE CROSSTIE RESEARCH Anthony Villarreal, Miguel Ontiveros, University Transportation Center for
LOBBY LEVEL, PRIMROSE B Railway Safety/University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, United
States, Constantine Tarawneh, Robert Jones, University of Texas Rio Grande
Session Organizer: Robert Peterman, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Valley, Edinburg, TX, United States, James Aranda, University Transportation
KS, United States Center for Railway Safety/University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Palmhurst,
TX, United States
Evaluation of the Remaining Prestress Force and Center Negative
Bending Moment in Crossties Removed From Track after 25 Years of Enhancements in the Performance of Journal Bearing Grease
Service
Technical Publication. JRC2019-1302
Technical Publication. JRC2019-1275
Daniel Blasko, The Timken Company, North Canton, OH, United States,
James Scott, Robert Peterman, Aaron Robertson, B. Terry Beck, Kansas David Aindow, The Timken Company, Northampton, United Kingdom,
State University, Manhattan, KS, United States, Kyle Riding, University of Kuldeep K. Mistry, The Timken Company, Canton, OH, United States
Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
Stochastic Analysis of Transit Wheel Wear and Optimized Forecasting of
Experimental Investigation of Splitting Cracks of Pre-Stressed Concrete Wheel Maintenance Requirements
Railroad Ties Containing Polymer Fiber
Technical Publication. JRC2019-1305
Technical Presentation. JRC2019-1278
Joseph Palese, Allan Zarembski, Kyle Ebersole, University of Delaware,
Aref Shafiei Dastgerdi, Adrijana Savic, Robert Peterman, B. Terry Beck, Newark, DE, United States
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States, Kyle Riding,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States Going Beyond Conventional Problem Solving for Two Railroad Wheel
Defects
Evaluation of Splitting Crack Propagation in Pre-Stressed Concrete Ties
Made with Different Types of Coarse Aggregate Technical Publication. JRC2019-1312

Technical Publication. JRC2019-1280 Steven Dedmon, Standard Steel, LLC, McClure, PA, United States

Aref Shafiei Dastgerdi, Adrijana Savic, Robert Peterman, B. Terry Beck,
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States, Kyle Riding,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States

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