Liquefied natural gas tender crashworthiness in train-to-train collisions

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• Alternative Title:
  Proceedings of the ASME IEEE ASCE 2016 Joint Rail Conference
• Creators:
  Tyrell, David
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Locomotives
  • Liquefied natural gas
  • Crashworthiness
  • Standards
  • Performance based specifications
  • Couplers
  • Tank cars
  • Railroad safety
  • Vehicle design
  • Crash energy management
• Publication/ Report Number:
  JRC2016-5752
• Resource Type:
  In Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Abstract:
  This paper focuses on technical information to help support ; development of alternative static requirements for the train-to-train ; collision scenario. The goal of the static requirements is to ; provide the same level of crashworthiness as the dynamic ; requirements under discussion by the NGFT TAG. Tender ; features capable of providing the desired level of performance ; are proposed. These features have been selected such that a ; tender with these features would be crashworthy-compatible ; with a wide range of new and existing locomotive structural ; designs.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12322/dot_12322_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.13 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:57e922a79457c6f00f320702d02c4f27602808d35ef323751bca11da960580cc