Conventional fuel tank blunt impact tests : test and analysis results

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• Alternative Title:
  Proceedings of the 2014 Joint Rail Conference, April 2-4, 2014, Colorado Springs, CO.
• Creators:
  Jacobsen, Karina ; Carolan, Michael ; Perlman, Benjamin
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fuel tanks
  • Crashworthiness
  • Impact tests
  • Locomotives
  • Finite element method
  • Structural analysis
  • Dynamic tests
  • Dynamic loads
  • Railroad safety
  • Computer models Blunt tests
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  JCR2014-3786
• Resource Type:
  In Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  Colorado
• Corporate Publisher:
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ; American Society of Civil Engineers
• Abstract:
  The Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Research ; and Development is conducting research into fuel tank ; crashworthiness. A series of impact tests are planned to ; measure fuel tank deformation under two types of dynamic ; loading conditions – blunt and raking impacts. This paper ; describes the results of the first set of blunt impact tests for two ; retired EMD F-40 locomotive fuel tanks, Tank 232 and Tank ; 202.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12041/dot_12041_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.05 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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