FY15 Supplemental to Development and Evaluation of Continuous Welded Rail-Joints

Post Date

June 9th 2015

Application Due Date

June 22nd 2015

No Explanation

Funding Opportunity Number

FR-RRD-15-009

CFDA Number(s)

20.313

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Eligibility Categories

Other

Only the Tuskegee University is eligible to apply for this grant.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $95000

Grant Description

ontinue the evaluation of the durability of the continuous welded rail-joints, and the related PhD dissertation, expected to be conferred in May 2016, based on this research work. Items of work for completion of this research in progress include the following: 1. Complete the fatigue durability studies of the head, web and base sections of the CWR joints. 2. Perform post-weld heat treatment (PWHT) of the head section of the CWR joints for head hardening similar to the parent rail head. 3. Characterize the PWHT- CWR joints for their hardness, microstructure and mechanical properties. 4. Perform additional morphological studies on the fatigue cracked samples to identify the fatigue damage tolerance (durability) features. 5. Perform scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis on the fractured specimens to identify fatigue fracture resistance mechanisms.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Transportation

• Office:

  DOT/Federal Railroad Administration

• Agency Contact:

  GrantSolutions Help Desk
  Phone Number: 1.866.577.0771 or 202.401.5282
  Hours of operation are Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
  help@grantsolutions.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  GrantSolutions Help Desk

• Agency Email Address:

  help@grantsolutions.gov

• More Information:

  FY15 Supplemental to Development and Evaluation of Continuous Welded Rail-Joints