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NDT Corp. will take the currently developed ACTT system, which can accurately assess the internal condition of concrete crossties and increase its speed.FRA 23-FR1 requests a system that at high speeds can assess both the internal and external condition of concrete crossties.Currently there are systems that can perform the external assessment at the required speeds.However, there is no system that ...

First responders to hazardous material (HAZMAT) incidents face many safety risks daily, such as exposure to hazardous chemicals and toxic gases, which can be difficult to detect. Although there have been advancements in wearable sensors for hazardous gases, sensor technology for HAZMAT incident response lags behind sensor technology advancement in biomedical fields. There is a need to integrate se ...

This research proposes a data-driven and multi-perspective solution to reduce injuries and fatalities due to bus collisions with other vehicles. It goes beyond reviewing historical bus crash reports by collecting field LiDAR data for better understanding a variety of factors that may contribute to bus collisions and injuries/fatalities. It also recognizes that collision avoidance technologies (whi ...

In-place resurfacing of asphalt-based wear layers is an increasingly common method of roadway rehabilitation. With the addition of waste microplastics to bitumen binders as performance improvers, the grinding of asphalt during in-place resurfacing potentially brings microplastic particulate pollution to every community in the US. In addition, the wear of roadway surfaces is a known major source of ...

"Li-ion batteries have a major downside which is their potential to initiate fires, escalate to thermal runaway increasing the violence, and to possibly explode.Traditional fire extinguishing agents either perform poorly or are impractical on these high-energy fires.Two innovations, in combination, are proposed for research and development.Pyrotechnic aerosol extinguishing agents will be proven hi ...

Wrong-way crashes are considered among the most lethal types of traffic incidents because of their head on characteristics and because they usually involve high rates of speed. To reduce the frequency of high-speed incidents, it is necessary to stop a wrong-way driver as soon as possible. The sooner a wrong-way driver is stopped, the less likely they are to cause a high-speed event. TAPCO believes ...

In-line inspection (ILI) is a cornerstone for pipeline integrity. Advances to ILI tools are essential to maintaining pipeline safety. Gaps exist for the detection of circumferential cracking (at and away from welds and dents) and bending stresses. Few technologies exist that can make reputable claims for stress measurement that are non-destructive, reliable, and appropriate for integration onto an ...

Collaboration-Optimized Network for Naturalistic Exploration and Communication about Traffic (CONNECT) 3/19/2018 Collaboration-Optimized Network for Naturalistic Exploration and Communication about Traffic (CONNECT) will be a tool that allows users to easily generate a wide range of data visualizations from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). CONNECT will leverage open-source visual ...

Train car crowding is a key issue resulting in passenger dissatisfaction and degraded transit service. One reason for train car crowding is an uneven distribution of passengers among the train cars which results in overcrowding of certain cars while leaving other cars sparsely occupied. If passengers waiting at a station are informed about the expected crowding levels in the arriving train, they c ...

Driving under the influence of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States is reported to double the risk of crash involvement. As marijuana decriminalization and legalization measures continue to gain acceptance, the potential number of drivers using marijuana could rise dramatically, necessitating new ways for law enforcement to combat the pursuant increase in drug relate ...