Side impact test and analyses of a DOT-111 tank car : final report.

Details

• Creators:
  Kirkpatrick, Steven W. ; Rakoczy, Przemyslaw ; MacNeill, Robert A ; Anderson, Adam
• Corporate Creators:
  Applied Research Associates, Inc. ; Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash tests
  • Railroad safety
  • Side collisions
  • Tank cars Impact test
  • DOT-111 tank car
  • tank car performance
  • transportation safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-15/30
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report
• Contracting Officer:
  Gonzalez, Francisco III
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Abstract:
  Transportation Technology Center, Inc. conducted a side impact test on a DOT-111 tank car to evaluate the performance of the ; tank car under dynamic impact conditions and to provide data for the verification and refinement of a computational model. ; The tank car was filled with water to approximately 97 percent of its volume and sealed but not pressurized. The tank car was ; impacted at 14.0 mph by a 297,125-pound ram car with 12- by 12-inch ram head fitted to the ram car. The ram car impacted the ; tank center and punctured both the external jacket and tank shell. ; The overall purpose of the program is to improve transportation safety for tank cars.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFR53-12-D-00004;DTFR53-11-D-00008;TTCI-11-033
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31172/dot_31172_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.15 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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