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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations

by Anna M. Doro-on
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
414 pages
14h 2m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
Introduction to Pipelines and Tunnels109
3.3.7 Tubular Rail
A train shooting through a series of elevated hoops supported by a suspension sys-
tem that keeps the rail cars on track (Whaley 2012) is known as a tubular rail.
Tubular Rail Inc. (TRI 2011) stated that the tubular rail system is a unique, pat-
ented, rapid-transit system that recongures traditional rail technology by revers-
ing the orientation of the wheel and the rail. e tubular rail technology (TRT)
maintains the same ve characteristics of rail transportation but recongures them
in a highly innovative fashion; it employs the following features (TRI 2012):
e functionality of the bridge and passenger car is combined. is is accom-
plished by reversing the orientation of the ...
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