Long-Term Plan for Concrete Pavement Research and Technology
The Federal Highway Administration's concrete pavement roadmap: volume II, tracks (September 2005).

The ABCs of Continuously Reinforced Concrete
Better Roads guide to Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP). Reprinted with permission (2007).

Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement
AISI brochure on the benefits of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP).

Invest Wisely in Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement
AISI brochure on investing for the future with continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP).

Bar Steel Machinability Estimator
A tool for automotive engineers to generate calculations on the machining productivity of various carbon and alloy steels in carbide tooling applications.

Fatigue Performance Evaluation of Forged Steel vs. Ductile Cast Iron Crankshaft - Executive Summary
The University of Toledo Executive Summary outlines its test results of the fatigue performance of forged steel vs. ductile cast iron crankshafts.

Fatigue Performance Comparison and Life Predictions of Forged Steel and Ductile Cast Iron Crankshafts (5MB)
This study evaluated and compared the fatigue performance of two competing manufacturing technologies for automotive crankshafts.

Stress Analysis and Optimization of Crankshafts Subject to Dynamic Loading (6.5 MB)
This study investigated weight and cost reduction opportunities for a forged steel crankshaft.

Bar Steel Machinability
The AISI Bar Machinability Sub-committee was formed in 1991 to develop a database of automotive bar steel machinability under single point carbide turning conditions.

Dynamic Load Analysis and Optimization of Connecting Rods
An AISI sponsored study confirming the benefits of using C-70 steel that can reduce the cost for making forged connecting rods by 25 percent, and can reduce mass about 10 percent, while enhancing performance and durability.

Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement
A report that highlights the life cycle cost analysis and benefit-cost analysis of four different approaches to highway construction.

Bar Steel Fatigue Database
This database provides engineers with accurate and detailed component fatigue life predictions that allows them to optimize critical powertrain and chassis component designs.

Fatigue Performance Evaluation of Forged Versus Competing Manufacturing Process Technologies
This study by the University of Toledo examines manufacturing technologies in order to compare fatigue performance and to develop methodology for durability assessment and efficient optimization.

The World's Top 10 Best Engines Use Steel
An overview of Ward’s AutoWorld Magazines’ winners for the 10 Best Engines for 2004. The overview focuses on steel usage in these particular engines with the emphasis on steel bar and rod and notes the change from specific materials previously used on the type of engine with comments regarding any far reaching effects it might have on the bar and rod industry.

Development of a Standard Methodology for the Quantitative Measurement of Steel Phase Transformation Kinetics and Dilation Strains Using Dilatometric Methods (QMST)
A technical paper on standard practices for obtaining and archiving quantitative steel transformation kinetic data and thermal strain data that will greatly assist endusers in developing accurate process and product simulations during the thermo-mechanical processing of bar and rod product steels.

Engine State-of-the-Art: A Competitive Assessment of Steel
An assessment detailing technical cost models that simulate the actual manufacturing scenarios and performance evaluations for connecting rods, connecting rod caps, camshafts, and crankshafts.