Full-scale locomotive dynamic crash testing and correlations : C-39 type locomotive colliding with a loaded hopper car (test 7).

Details

• Alternative Title:
  C-39 type locomotive colliding with a loaded hopper car : test 7
• Creators:
  Kasturi, Kash ; Samavedam, Gopal
• Corporate Creators:
  Foster-Miller Associates
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad trains
  • Locomotives
  • Collisions
  • Railroad accidents
  • Railroad grade crossings
  • Railroad facilities
  • Crash injury research
  • Crash victim simulation
  • Dummies
  • Finite element method
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-11/16.III ; DFRA.040048
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• OCLC Number:
  760089433
• Edition:
  Technical report.
• Contracting Officer:
  Punwani, John
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Railroad Highway Grade Crossings ; NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Rail Safety
• Abstract:
  This report presents the results of a locomotive and three loaded hopper car consist traveling at 29 miles per hour colliding with a stationary consist of 35 loaded hopper cars. The details of test instrumentation, LS-DYNA finite element simulation, conducting of the test, and correlations between the simulation results and test data are presented. The test was fully instrumented and included high-speed video of the collision event. The test resulted in the override of the locomotive over the hopper car consist.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23495/dot_23495_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.88 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e28fbb454329daa920dd3b5cd9fbfd28f21f55c347be50db8c95e87029dcf60757ea8c618e3a7b7388a968d89115a2bbd794049492919e605f20e2acd40ef5f