Proceedings of the 2015 Joint Rail Conference

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)

United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development

JRC2015-5759

In Proceedings

Colorado

AGR-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RAIL TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Rail Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Vehicle Design ;

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The Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Research

and Development is conducting research into passenger

locomotive fuel tank crashworthiness. A series of impact tests is

being conducted to measure fuel tank deformation under two

types of dynamic loading conditions – blunt and raking

impacts. This program is intended to result in a better

understanding of design features that improve the puncture

resistance of passenger locomotive fuel tanks. One reason for

performing this program is to aid in development of appropriate

standards for puncture resistance to be applied to alternativelydesigned

fuel tanks, such as on diesel multiple unit (DMU)

passenger rail equipment. This paper describes the results of

the third blunt impact test of retired F-40 locomotive fuel tanks.

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RR28A3/NLL72

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center