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Abstract:
This report describes results from the Option C component of a research program aimed at improving crashworthiness of passenger train workstation tables. Research conducted in the Base, Option A, and Option B components of the program was focused on developing a prototype design for a crashworthy workstation table, constructing a number of tables, and testing them. A prototype crashworthy workstation table was successfully tested as part of the full-scale train-to-train test of CEM equipment conducted in March of 2006. The Option C activities described here were focused on characterizing the quasi-static and dynamic force-crush behavior of the prototype workstation table in order to define performance requirements for future workstation table designs.
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Volpe Center have been conducting research into developing an alternative method of demonstrating occupi...
In support of the Federal Railroad Administration’s Equipment Safety Research Program, the Volpe Center has been conducting research to improve occu...
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