Full-Scale Shell Impact Test of a DOT-113 Tank Car

Details

• Creators:
  Gonzalez, Francisco
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Corporate Contributors:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Tank cars
  • Impact tests
  • Puncture resistance
  • Hazardous materials
  • Finite element method
  • Structural analysis
  • Validation
  • HAZMAT
  • finite element analysis
  • FEA
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RR 20/03
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Research Results
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  FRA has an established program to evaluate the puncture resistance of various tank car designs. This program supports examining strategies to lower the potential for loss of lading of tank cars involved in derailments. FRA seeks to develop standardized test and simulation methodologies for quantifying the puncture resistance of tank car designs. This program has previously tested DOT-105 12, DOT-111 3, DOT-112 4, and DOT-117 5 tank cars under similar shell impact conditions. A companion FEA is performed alongside each test, and the test results are used to both validate the pre-test model and improve future finite element (FE) models.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFR53-11-D-0008 ; TO-93JJ619F000109
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/44049/dot_44049_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 713.27 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c232a78b122aa449d7360271f7d459cff4159c36f6a315261e46d32eefc90dfc