Prototype design and test of a collision protection system for cab car engineers.

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Prototype tests
  • Occupant protection devices
  • Locomotive engineers
  • Railroad accidents
  • Crashworthiness
  • Air bags
  • Dummies
  • Finite element method
  • Sled tests
  • Railroad cars
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RR 14-37
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  Advancements in the design of rail cars can ; potentially prevent the structural collapse of ; space occupied by a cab car engineer ; during a train collision. With adequate ; survival space maintained, the next ; crashworthiness objective is to minimize the ; consequences of any resulting secondary ; impact between the engineer and the control ; stand. A conceptual Engineer Protection ; System (EPS) has been developed to meet ; these design objectives and requirements, ; using finite element analyses and ; component-level tests 1. The system was ; fabricated and dynamically tested using an ; instrumented Hybrid III 95th percentile male ; anthropomorphic test device (ATD).
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28379/dot_28379_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 455.35 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:be73b33e51dec7d91d5e885fdcbf6d1ddce52bd7981adc24946a5f612caa1d3c