Sled Tests Using the Hybrid III Rail Safety ATD and Workstation Tables for Passenger Trains

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• Creators:
  Hynd, David ; Willis, Claire
• Corporate Creators:
  Transport Research Laboratory (Great Britain)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology ; United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash victim simulation
  • Dummies
  • Anthropometry
  • Occupant protection devices
  • Impact tests
  • Crash injury research
  • Crashworthiness
  • Passenger trains
  • Workstation tables
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-17/10
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United Kingdom
• Edition:
  Technical report; Aug 2017
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Rail Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Vehicle Design
• Abstract:
  The Hybrid III Rail Safety (H3-RS) anthropomorphic test device (ATD) is a crash test dummy developed in the United Kingdom to evaluate abdomen and lower thorax injuries that occur when passengers impact workstation tables during train accidents. The H3-RS is similar to the standard Hybrid III 50th Percentile Male ATD used in car crash test regulations worldwide, but with a more humanlike abdomen response under table edge loading conditions and with additional instrumentation to evaluate injury risk at multiple bilateral locations on the abdomen and thorax. Some of the objectives of this study are the following: -Conduct six sled tests using the H3-RS ATD and a standard Hybrid III 50th percentile ATD; -Evaluate the performance of commercial workstation tables designed for rail service in the United States and Europe; and -Collect data to determine whether or not two options for demonstrating table crashworthiness result in equivalent safety.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34962/dot_34962_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 22.83 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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