Impact Test of a Diesel Multiple Unit Fuel Tank : Research Results

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development ; United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Contributors:
  Shurland, Melissa
• Corporate Contributors:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Diesel multiple unit cars
  • Impact tests
  • Puncture resistance
  • Fuel tanks
  • Finite element method
  • fuel tanks
  • finite element modeling
  • FE
  • diesel multiple unit
  • DMU
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RR 18-05
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Pueblo (Colorado)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development
• Abstract:
  On June 28, 2016, the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology performed a dynamic impact test of a fuel tank from a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) rail vehicle with support from the Department of Transportation’s John A. Volpe National Transportation System Center. The test was performed at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, CO. An impact vehicle weighing approximately 14,000 pounds and equipped with a 12-inch by 12-inch impactor head, struck the bottom surface of a DMU fuel tank mounted vertically on an impact wall.
• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L19393#p1_z10_gD_lRS
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37299/dot_37299_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 993.71 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d52d49cd0f8eb4ede7f87e04ba08d30bd0c92c232eefc2a6317f3641ec4e6e1a