Increased Rail Transit Vehicle Crashworthiness in Head-On Collisions. Volume IV. TRAIN User's Manual

Details

• Creators:
  Hahn, Edward E.
• Corporate Creators:
  IIT Research Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash avoidance systems
  • Collisions
  • Crash injury research
  • Rail transit
  • Rapid transit
  • Rapid transit cars
  • Passenger cars
  • Head on collisions
  • Railroad cars
  • Safety engineering
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UMTA-MA-06-0025-80-4;DOT-TSC-UMTA-80-17-4
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1526794
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Abstract:
  A specific goal of safety is to reduce the number of injuries that may result from the collision of two trains. In Volume IV, a computer code for the simulated crash of two railcar consists is described. The code is capable of simulating the mechanics of head-on impact of two consists on straight level track. The simulation is limited to two dimensions, namely a vertical plane containing the length of the track. The user can model the individual car components or cars in a complex or as simple a manner as is warranted by the simulation results desired. Although specifically developed for transit cars, the code can also be used to simulate freight trains or intercity passenger trains.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-TSC-1052-4
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10601/dot_10601_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.18 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7c92b02ecc8a13e0ab083fd100e2304bff53ef7e93ebe28839b4922a4db56326