The use of air bags for mitigating grade crossing and trespass accidents : literature review and research plan.

Merkle, Andrew C.; Harrigan, Timothy P.

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The use of air bags for mitigating grade crossing and trespass accidents : literature review and research plan.

2016-06-01
By Merkle, Andrew C. ; Harrigan, Timothy P.

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English

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Alternative Title:

Research literature review : the use of air bags for mitigating grade crossing and trespass accidents : final report.
Creators:

Merkle, Andrew C. ; Harrigan, Timothy P.
Corporate Creators:

Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development ; United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
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Publication/ Report Number:

DOT/FRA/ORD-16/22
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final report
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
Abstract:

This literature review will confirm prior work in the use of locomotive airbag technologies for vehicle or pedestrian collision mitigation, and to focus planned activities and tasks for this research. The state of the art in relevant technologies has been summarized to assess the feasibility of this technology and identify critical model challenges for supporting impact simulations. The literature review did not reveal any currently deployed locomotive airbag solutions. In patent literature, external airbag technology has been described for mitigation of crashes between railcars and motor vehicles, but no meaningful analysis of feasibility has been discussed in detail in scientific or professional literature. Therefore, it appears that although crash mitigation technology using airbags in front of locomotives has been conceptualized, it has not yet been rigorously engineered or implemented.
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PDF
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DTFR53-13-C-00068
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31363/dot_31363_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 760.17 KB]
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US Transportation Collection ; Federal Railroad Administration
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urn:sha256:ec9637d096dde58c3adb744f8e744829107e140ddceba0c280d3cec2444880ac

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English

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