OPINIONS ON THE RECORD OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE US-USSR JOINT COMMITTEE ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF TRANSPORTATION

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• Publication Date: March 12, 1974
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
PN 64.2702/2
12 March 1974
SUBJECT : Opinions on the Record of the First
Meeting of the US-USSR Joint
Committee on Cooperation in the
Field of Transportation
25X1A REFERENCE : = Opinion Request, dated 14 February 1974
1. The attached outline provides my assessment
of (a) areas within the various fields of the
transportation exchange where the US may gain useful
information, (b) areas where the Soviets may stand
to gain, and (c) topics which are of greatest
interest to the US. In general, both the US and
USSR can probably benefit from exchanges of
information on transportation technology and
systems if that information is widely disseminated
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1. Areas of Greatest Gain for the United States
or for the US-SR m the Proposed Exchange of Information
A. Field of Transportation Construction
1. US may gain useful information in:
a. Production of pre-cast concrete
structures for bridges, including tolerance
control.
b. Design and construction of bridge
foundations for different geological
conditions and severe climatic conditions
(primarily permafrost and in arctic latitudes).
c. Study of improved, as well as new,
methods of rock disintegration and equipment
used for this purpose.
d. Study of improved special methods
used in constructing transportation tunnels.
2. USSR may gain particularly in:
a. Production of the steel structures
for bridges, including the control of stress
in the course of fabrication.
b. Monitoring ground stresses and
experimental determination of loads on
tunnel lining in different kinds of ground.
c. Automation of processes of bridge
calculation and design by use of computers.
B. Field of Air Transportation
1. US may gain useful information in:
Use of aviation in agriculture,
construction, end other commercial application.
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2. USSR may gain particularly in:
a. Air traffic control techniques, and
US-manufactured control hardware and
software.
b. Discussions in the area of non-
visual approach landing systems.
c. Exchange of information pertaining
to the training of specialists in Civil
Aviation (e.g. flight crew personnel,
accident investigators, etc).
C. Field of Automobile Transport
1. US may gain useful information in:
a. Methods and application of traffic
regulation enforcement.
b. Programs and measures to improve
the educational work and training of
pedestrians and drivers.
2.' USSR may gain particularly in:
a. Forms and methods of traffic
regulation, including automated systems.
b. Technical and other means employed
in traffic regulation (radar, patrols,
helicopters, etc.).
c. Preventative measures connected
with road-worthiness of vehicles,
including methods of inspection for
uncovering vehicular defects.
d. Highway engineering for traffic
safety (contour, grade, signs, barriers etc.).
e. Organization and basic direction
of highway safety research.
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D. Field of Rail Trans",ort
1. US may gain useful information in:
a. Modern designs of railroad tracks,
including continuous welded rails laid
on concrete structures, as well as the
system of mechanization maintenance and
repair. More specifically the following topics:
(1) Lateral and vertical stiffness
of conventional track.
(2) System response of rails supported
on concrete slabs and beams (concrete
plates).
(3) Behavior of track that includes
continuously welded rail exposed to
temperature ranges exceeding 70
degrees centigrade.
(4) Evaluation of stressed concrete
sleeper design and usuage methods.
(6) Design of modern railroad
tracks, including usuage of continuous
welded rails.
(7) System and equipment for
track maintenance and repair.
(8) Standard (tolerance) for
track maintenance, useful life time
of the various components of the track
structure.
(9) Safety of the track repair crew.
(10) Systems and means providing
railroad grade crossing protection.
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b. Modern electrified railroads,
including design of electric motive
power, catenary and power supply substations.
Included are the following topics:
(1) Motive power conditioning
and conversation, i.e., AC to AC and
DC to DC systems.
(2) Catenary design and maintenance,
particularly with respect to cold
weather operation.
(3) Interaction of railroad
operational control with electrification
systems.
(4) Specific designation criteria
for choosing lines to electrify.
2. USSR may gain particularly in:
a. Systems of transporting perishable
food stuffs in self-contained refrigeration
cars. Included are the following topics:
(1) Design of refrigerator cars.
(2) System of maintenance of
refrigerator cars.
(3) Temperature checking in
refrigerator cars enroute.
b. Information on high-speed railroad
passenger traffic, rolling stock design
and systems of automated control of
railroad freight operations.
E. Field of Ocean Transportation
1. US may gain useful information in:
a. Ice-transiting vessel technical
interchange, in both the ice-breaking and
commercial ice-transiting areas.
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b.
related
The following areas concerning ice-
problems:
Ice formation
Model testing
Ship design for ice navigation
Ship operation in ice
Icebreakers
Ports and terminals
Inland waterway hydraulic
Economic considerations
construction
c. Organization and development of
joint research and requirements for safety
of life at sea.
d. Commercial ship equipment, crew
training and human factors. Included
are shipboard automation and means of
communication.
e. Joint US-USSR Study of ocean wave
spectra and loads in ship body elements at sea.
2. USSR may gain particularly in:
Organization and technology of ocean
casimerce and cargo handling'in ocean ports.
II. Topics of Greatest Interest to US
(General fields listed in the order of Priority)
A. In the Field of Marine Transport
1. Exchange of information on ice-
transiting vessels.
2. Commercial ship equipment, crew training,
and human factors.
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3. Joint study of ocean wave spectra and
of loads in ship body elements at son.
B. In, the field of Railroad Transport
1. Modern designs of railroad tracks,
including continuous welded rails laid on
concrete structures, as well as the system
of mechanized maintenance and repair of tracks.
2. Modern electrified railroads, including
design of electric motive power, catenary
and power supply substations.
C. In the field of Transport Construction
1. Research connected with the production
of the pre-cast concrete structures for
bridges, including tolerance control.
2. Research connected with designing and
construction of bridge foundations for
different geological conditions and severe
climate conditions (primarily in the arctic
and in-permafrost regions).
3. Improved special methods in the
design and constructing of transportation tunnels.
4. Study of improved methods of rock
disintegration and equipment used for tunnel
construction.
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