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Railroad Engineering Research Publications Articles in Journals Lai, Y-C., C.P.L. Barkan and H. Önal 2007. Optimizing the aerodynamic efficiency of intermodal freight trains. (in press) Transportation Research, Part E. Logistics and Transportation Review. Lai, Y-C., C.P.L. Barkan, J. Drapa, N. Ahuja, J.M. Hart, P.J. Narayanan, C.V. Jawahar, A. Kumar, L. Milhon and M.P. Stehly 2007. Machine vision analysis of the energy efficiency of intermodal freight trains. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 221: 353-364. Dirnberger, J.R. and C.P.L. Barkan 2007. Lean railroading: Improving railroad classification terminal performance through bottleneck management methods. Accepted, Transportation Research Record - Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Barkan, C.P.L., S. Ukkusuri and S.T. Waller 2007. Optimizing railroad tank cars for safety: the tradeoff between damage resistance and probability of accident involvement. Computers & Operations Research 34: 1266-1286. Anand, P. and C.P.L. Barkan 2006. Exposure of soil and groundwater to spills of hazardous materials transported by rail: A geographic information system analysis. Transportation Research Record - Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1943: 12-19. Chen, Y., F.V. Lawrence, C.P.L. Barkan and J.A. Dantzig 2006. Heat transfer modelling of rail thermite welding. Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 220: 207-217. Grimes, G.A. and C.P.L. Barkan 2006. Cost-effectiveness of railway infrastructure renewal maintenance. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering 132: 601-608. Lai, Y-C. and C.P.L. Barkan 2005. Options for improving the energy efficiency of intermodal freight trains. Transportation Research Record - Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1916: 47-55. Saat, M.R. and C.P.L. Barkan. 2005. Release risk and optimization of railroad tank car safety design. Transportation Research Record - Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1916: 78-87. Anderson, R. and C.P.L. Barkan. 2004. Railroad Accident rates for use in rail transportation risk analysis. Transportation Research Record - Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1863: 88-98 Barkan, C.P.L. 2004. Cost effectiveness of railroad fuel spill prevention using a new locomotive refueling system. Transportation Research, Part D. Transport and Environment 9: 251-262. Barkan, C.P.L., C.T. Dick and R. Anderson 2003. Analysis of railroad derailment factors affecting hazardous materials transportation risk. Transportation Research Record; Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1825: 48-55. Day, K.R. and C.P.L. Barkan 2003. Model for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of retrofitting railway bridges for seismic resistance. Transportation Research Record; Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1845: 203-212. Dick, C.T., C.P.L. Barkan, E. Chapman & M.P. Stehly 2003. A multivariate statistical model for predicting the occurrence and location of broken rails. Transportation Research Record; Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1825: 64-74. Bendixen, L., T. Treichel, C. Barkan, & C. Burke 2001 (Discussors of paper by Hwang S.T., D.F. Brown, J.K. O'Steen, A.J. Policastro, and W.E Dunn "Risk assessment for national transportation of selected hazardous materials") Transportation Research Record 1763: 114-124. Barkan, C.P.L., T.T. Treichel, and G. W. Widell 2000. Reducing hazardous materials releases from railroad tank car safety vents. Transportation Research Record 1707: 27-34. Barkan, C.P.L., T.S. Glickman and A.E. Harvey 1991. Benefit cost evaluation of using different specification tank cars to reduce the risk of transporting environmentally sensitive chemicals. Transportation Research Record 1313: 33-43. Books Edited or Co-Edited Reis, H. and C.P.L. Barkan 2002. (Eds.) Nondestructive Testing for the Railroad Industry, Topics on Nondestructive Evaluation (TONE) Series -Volume 5, The American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Columbus, Ohio. Andes, R.P., C.P.L. Barkan, P.T. Kostecki, and E.J. Calabrese (Eds.) 1998. Principles and Practices for Diesel Contaminated Soils: Volume VII. Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, MA. Barkan, C.P.L., P.T. Kostecki, and E.J. Calabrese (Eds.) 1997. Principles and Practices for Diesel Contaminated Soils: Volume VI. Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, MA. Barkan, C.P.L., E.J. Calabrese, and P.T. Kostecki (Eds.) 1996. Principles and Practices for Diesel Contaminated Soils: Volume V. Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, MA. Barkan, C.P.L., P.T. Kostecki, and E.J. Calabrese (Eds.) 1995. Principles and Practices for Diesel Contaminated Soils: Volume IV. Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, MA. Kostecki, P.T., E.J. Calabrese, Barkan, C.P.L (Eds.) 1994. Principles and Practices for Diesel Contaminated Soils: Volume III. Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, MA. Kostecki, P.T., E.J. Calabrese, Barkan, C.P.L (Eds.) 1994. Principles and Practices for Diesel Contaminated Soils: Volume II. Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, MA. Chapters in Books Chuang, S.L. Hsu, A., Young, E., Barkan, C. Reiff, R., Schroeder, M. Williams, D. & Johnson, T. 2002. Fiber-optic sensor technology for railroad technologies. In, H.L. Reis and C.P.L. Barkan, Eds. Nondestructive Testing for the Railroad Industry, Topics on Nondestructive Evaluation (TONE) Series -Volume 5, The American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Columbus, OH, pp. 89-100. Flaherty, J.M., Geiger, S.C., Sowko, D.M., Jones, B.H., Andes, R.P., and C.P.L. Barkan 1998. TPH analytical verification protocol for multiple field sites. In R.P. Andes, C.P.L. Barkan, P.T. Kostecki, and E.J. Calabrese, eds. Principles and Practices for Diesel Contaminated Soils: Volume VII. Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, MA, pp. 109-172. Flaherty, J.M., Jones, B.H., Nakles, D.V., Andes, R.P. and C.P.L. Barkan 1997. Comparison of analytical methods for use in evaluating the risk from petroleum hydrocarbons in soil. In C.P.L. Barkan, P.T. Kostecki, and E.J. Calabrese, eds. Principles and Practices for Diesel Contaminated Soils: Volume VI. Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, MA, pp. 41-79. Hockensmith, E., J.E. Waggener, and C.P.L. Barkan 1994. The environmental impact of lubricating railroad rails. In P.T. Kostecki, E.J. Calabrese and C.P.L. Barkan, eds. Principles and Practices for Diesel Contaminated Soils: Volume II . Amherst Scientific Publishers, Amherst, MA, pp. 43-69. Monographs and Reports Pecknold, D., H. Sehitoglu, C.P.L. Barkan, S. Kibey, O-C. Lee 2007. Tank Car Reliability Design and Analysis, (DOT/FRA/ORD-07/05) , U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC . Brownlee, R.C. and C.P.L. Barkan 2001. Maintaining Performance of Automatic Shutoff Nozzles Used For Locomotive Fueling R-919. Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC. Flaherty, J.M., S.C. Geiger, D.M. Sowko, B.H. Jones, R.P. Andes, and C.P.L. Barkan 2000. Comparative TPH analyses of aged diesel contamination at four railroad sites. R-942. Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC. Geiger, S., R. Andes, and C. Barkan 2000. Development of Risk-Based Cleanup Goals for Diesel-Contaminated Soils at a Southeastern Rail Yard Site. R-940. Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC. Rajagopalan, N., I.S. Han, J. Pickowitz, T.C. Lindsey, W. Wu, R.P. Andes, and C.P.L. Barkan 1998. Evaluation of Ultra filtration for Recycling Alkaline Cleaners at Railroad Facilities. R-904. Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC. Flaherty, J.M., B.H. Jones, D.V. Nakles, R.P. Andes, and C.P.L. Barkan 1997. Comparison of Analytical Methods for Use in Evaluating the Risk From Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil. R-903. Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC. Nakles, D.V., J.W. Lynch, D. Edwards, J.G. Tell, T.L. Potter, R.P. Andes, and C.P.L. Barkan 1996. Risk-Based Management of Diesel Contaminated Soil. R-897. 190 pp. Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC. Ronning, T. and C.P.L. Barkan 1996. Environmental Aspects of Railroad Locomotive Coolant Discharge. R-900. 66 pp. Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC. Brubaker, G.R, M.S. Westray, D.V. Nakles, J.W. Lynch, M. Schlauch, and C.P.L. Barkan 1994. Railroad Industry Research Needs for In Situ Bioremediation. R-858. 73 pp. Association of American Railroads, Washington Systems Center, Washington, DC. Brubaker, G.R, M.S. Westray, D.V. Nakles, J.W. Lynch, M. Schlauch, and C.P.L. Barkan 1994. A Guide for Railroad Industry Use of In Situ Bioremediation. R-857. 136 pp. Association of American Railroads, Washington Systems Center, Washington, DC. Gauger, K., R.E. Fronczak, M. Schlauch and C.P.L. Barkan 1994. Selection and Use of Bioenhancement Products and Processes. R-860. Association of American Railroads, Washington Systems Center, Washington, DC. Hockensmith, E., M. Schlauch, and C.P.L. Barkan 1994. A Review of Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure Testing of Railroad Crossties. R-861. Association of American Railroads, Washington Systems Center, Washington, DC. Barkan, C.P.L., T.S. Glickman and A.E. Harvey 1991. Benefit-Cost Analysis of Using 105 Type Tank Cars Instead of Type 111 Tank Cars to Ship Environmentally Sensitive Chemicals. R-794, 36 pp. Association of American Railroads, Chicago, IL. Selected Articles and Conference Proceedings Papers Kawprasert, A., Barkan, C.P.L. Reducing the Risk of Rail Transport of Hazardous Materials by Route Rationalization. Proceedings of the TRB 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (January 2008). Peltier, D., Barkan, C.P.L. Modeling the Effects of Epoxy Debonding on Bonded Insulated Rail Joints Subjected to Longitudinal Loads. Proceedings of the TRB 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (January 2008). Schafer, D., Barkan, C.P.L. The Relationship Between Train Length and Accident Causes and Rates. Proceedings of the TRB 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (January 2008). Peltier, D., Barkan, C.P.L. , Downing, S., Socie, D. Measuring Degradation of Bonded Insulated Rail Joints. Proceedings of the AREMA 2007 Annual Conference, Chicago, IL (September 2007). Tutumluer, E., Huang, H., Hashash, Y., Ghaboussi, J. Discrete Element Modeling of Railroad Ballast Settlement. Proceedings of the AREMA 2007 Annual Conference, Chicago, IL (September 2007). Edwards, J.R., J.M. Hart, S. Todorovic, C.P.L. Barkan, N. Ahuja, Z. Chua, N. Kocher, J. Zeman. Development of Machine Vision Technology for Railcar Safety Appliance Inspection. In Proceedings: International Heavy Haul Conference Specialist Technical Session - High Tech in Heavy Haul , Kiruna, Sweden, June 2007, pp. 745-752. Freid, B., C.P.L. Barkan, N. Ahuja, J.M. Hart, S. Todorvic, N. Kocher. Multispectral Machine Vision for Improved Undercarriage Inspection of Railroad Rolling Stock. In Proceedings: International Heavy Haul Conference Specialist Technical Session - High Tech in Heavy Haul , Kiruna, Sweden, June 2007, pp. 737-744. Dirnberger, J.R. and C.P.L. Barkan. Improving Railroad Classification Yard Performance Through Bottleneck Management Methods. Proceedings of the AREMA 2006 Annual Conference, Louisville, KY (September 2006). Lai, Y.C. and C.P.L. Barkan. Improving Energy Efficiency of Intermodal Trains Using Machine Vision and
Operations Research Analysis. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Railway Research, Montreal Saat, M.R. and C.P.L. Barkan. The Effect of Rerouting and Tank Car Safety Design on the Risk of Rail Transport of Hazardous Materials. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Railway Research, Montreal (June 2006). Edwards, J.R, C.P.L. Barkan, S. Todorovic, J.M. Hart, and N. Ahuja 2006. Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of railcar safety appliance inspection using machine vision technology. JRC2006-94052. Proceedings of the ASME Joint Rail Conference, Atlanta , GA (April 2006) Lai, Y-C., J.M.Hart, J. Drapa, N. Ahuja, C.P.L. Barkan, L. Milhon. Machine vision analysis of the energy efficiency of intermodal trains, JRC2006-94047. Proceedings of the ASME Joint Rail Conference, Atlanta , GA (April 2006) Painter, T. and C.P.L. Barkan. Prospects for dynamic brake energy recovery on North American freight locomotives, JRC2006-94051. Proceedings of the ASME Joint Rail Conference, Atlanta , GA (April 2006) Lai, Y-C., J.M.Hart, P. Vemuru, J. Drapa, N. Ahuja, C.P.L. Barkan, L. Milhon, M.P. Stehly 2005. Machine vision analysis of the energy efficiency of intermodal trains. In Proceedings of the 8th International Heavy Haul Conference , Rio de Janiero, June 2005, pp. 387-394. Anand, P., C.P.L. Barkan, D.J. Schaeffer, C.J. Werth and B.S. Minsker 2005. Environmental risk analysis of chemicals transported in railroad tank cars. In Proceedings of the 8th International Heavy Haul Conference , Rio de Janiero, June 2005, pp. 395-403. Anderson , R.T. and C.P.L. Barkan 2005. Derailment probability analysis and modeling of mainline freight trains. In Proceedings of the 8th International Heavy Haul Conference, Rio de Janiero, June 2005, pp. 491-497. Hart, J.M., N. Ahuja, C.P.L. Barkan and D.D. Davis 2004. A machine vision system for monitoring railcar health: Preliminary results. TD 04-008. Association of American Railroads, Pueblo, CO. Lawrence, F.V. J.P. Cyre, C.P.L. Barkan and J. Kristan. 2003 Increasing thermite weld fatigue life through improvements in weld profile. TD 03-005. Association of American Railroads, Pueblo, CO. Davis, D.D., C.P.L. Barkan and S.F. Kalay. The search for beneficial new technologies for rail transportation - TTCI R&D - Association of American Railroads' Technology Scanning Program. Railway Track and Structures 98 (11):18-20 (November 2002). |