Blunt Impact Tests of Retired Passenger Locomotive Fuel Tanks

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• Creators:
  Carolan, Michael ; Rakoczy, Przemyslaw ; Jacobsen, Karina
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
• 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
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Locomotives
  • Fuel tanks
  • Impact tests
  • Finite element method
  • Diesel multiple unit cars
  • Passenger trains Crash energy management
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-17/11
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Colorado
• Edition:
  Technical report; August 2017
• Contracting Officer:
  Shurland, Melissa
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Abstract:
  The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. conducted impact tests on three locomotive fuel tanks as part of the Federal Railroad Administration’s locomotive fuel tank crashworthiness improvement program. Three fuel tanks, two from EMD F40PH locomotives and one from an EMD F40 locomotive, served as test specimens. A 14,075-pound impact cart equipped with a 12-inch by 12-inch impactor struck the tanks; fuel tanks 232 (F40PH) and 202 (F40) were impacted at their geometrical centers at 4.2 mph and 6.2 mph, respectively. Fuel tank 234 (F40PH) was offset from the center in the horizontal direction and impacted between the baffles at 11.2 mph. No fuel tanks ruptured. Results of the tests were eventually used for validation and refinements of finite element models developed by the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFR53-10-X-00061;RR28A3/NLL72;DTFR53-11-D-00008 Task 305
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32536/dot_32536_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.34 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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