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

Agency: DOT - Federal Railroad Administration

20.313 -- Railroad Research and Development

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

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

Grantor contact information

Description

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

Email

GrantSolutions Help Desk

help@grantsolutions.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

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

Archived: July 22, 2015

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$--

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$95,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

FR-RRD-15-009

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Science technology and other research and development

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

June 9, 2015

Archive date:

July 22, 2015