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Technical Sessions
1 0 -2 3:30PM–5:30PM
VTI - SESSION 2
LOWER LEVEL, MAGPIE B
Session Organizer: Anand Prabhakaran, Sharma & Associates, Inc.,
Countryside, IL, United States
Evaluating the Effect of Natural Third Body Layers on Friction Using the
Virginia Tech Roller Rig
Technical Publication. JRC2019-1292
Ahmad Radmehr, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Karan
Kothari, Amtrak, Washington, DC, United States, Mehdi Ahmadian, VA Poly
Inst & State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Virginia Tech-Federal Railroad Administration Roller Rig Measurement
Capabilities and Baseline Measurements
Technical Publication. JRC2019-1295
Ahmad Radmehr, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Ali Tajaddini,
Federal Railroad Administration, Gaithersburg, MD, United States, Brian
Marquis, US DOT Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA, United States, Mehdi
Ahmadian, VA Poly Inst & State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
Development of Vertical Force Control System for the Virginia Tech -
Federal Railroad Administration Roller Rig
Technical Presentation. JRC2019-1326
Jay Dixit, Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety, Blacksburg, VA, United
States, Mehdi Ahmadian, VA Poly Inst & State University, Blacksburg, VA,
United States
A Computationally Efficient Novel Algorithm Using Subsystems and
Calculating Interface Contact Forces Explicitly to Determine Dynamic
Train-Track (Vertical) Interactions
Technical Presentation. JRC2019-1252
Arya Datta, Dimitris Rizos, Yu Qian, Jeffrey S. Mulliken, Robert Mullen, Iman
Asareh, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
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