Excited to announce that TRAIN PhD student Jiaxi Zhao and Prof. Dick have recently published a new research paper in the Transportation Research Record academic journal! This paper presents the application of newly developed framework to quantify the relative derailment risk of transporting hazmat tank cars in unit trains and manifest trains, including the effect of position in the train and the number of intermediate classification yards used by the manifest train shipment.
The reference and DOI link for the paper is as follows:
Kang, D., J. Zhao, C.T. Dick, X. Liu, C-Y Lin, Z. Bian and S.W. Kirkpatrick. 2024. Quantifying the influence of tank car position and train configuration on the risk of rail transport of Class 3 flammable liquids. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. doi: 10.1177/03611981241274649