Integrity of Rail Passenger Equipment Glazing Systems

Prabhakaran, Anand; Gantoi, Florentina; Radovich, Matthew; Harmon, Steven

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Integrity of Rail Passenger Equipment Glazing Systems

2022-06-01
By Prabhakaran, Anand ; Gantoi, Florentina ; Radovich, Matthew

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English

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Creators:

Prabhakaran, Anand ; Gantoi, Florentina ; Radovich, Matthew ; Harmon, Steven
Corporate Creators:

Sharma & Associates, Inc.
Corporate Contributors:

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

DOT/FRA/ORD-22/21
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Contracting Officer:

Gordon, Jeff
Corporate Publisher:

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

Failures of glazing retention mechanisms on passenger trains have led to multiple injuries and fatalities in rollover-type accidents over the last several decades. This research effort reviewed global standards for glazing system design and performance, as well as modes of retention failures under accident conditions, and proposed design concepts to improve retention performance and test methods to evaluate the same. Two of the design concepts were prototyped and evaluated using three test methods. The results were used to propose additional performance requirements that address glazing retention capacity.
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PDF
Funding:

DTFR53-12-D-00004, Task 26693JJ618D000006, Task 693JJ618F000151
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62347/dot_62347_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 5.64 MB]
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Federal Railroad Administration
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English

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