Vehicle postmortem and data analysis of a passenger rail car collision test

MacNeill, Robert A; Kirkpatrick, Steven W

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Vehicle postmortem and data analysis of a passenger rail car collision test

2002-04-23
By MacNeill, Robert A ; Kirkpatrick, Steven W

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MacNeill, Robert A ; Kirkpatrick, Steven W
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Applied Research Associates, Inc.
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
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CH37356-TBR
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Proceedings
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Abstract:

There is an ongoing research program in the United States to investigate and improve rail equipment crashworthiness. As part of this effort, a series of full-scale rail vehicle crash tests are being performed to investigate the crash response of existing and future rail vehicle designs. The first full-scale test, an impact of a single passenger coach car into a fixed wall, was conducted at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado on November 16, 1999. The test vehicle used was a Pioneer passenger coach car. The test condition was a 35 mph impact into a fixed rigid concrete wall. ; Collision response data was collected in the test using accelerometers, strain gauges, string potentiometers, and high-speed photography. This paper describes the postmortem documentation and data analysis process. The objective is to develop an understanding of the vehicle collision response and to obtain a consistent correlation of the various sources to data. Specific documentation and data analysis techniques used for the study are described along with key results.
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