Evaluation of Modern Locomotive Crashworthiness Performance

Details

• Creators:
  Ozdemir, Kelly ; Tahan, Fadi ; Marzougui, Dhafer ; Zaouk, Abdullatif (Bud) ; Omar, Tarek
• Corporate Creators:
  KEA Technologies, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  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
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crashworthiness
  • Locomotives
  • Collisions
  • Finite element method 49 CFR Part 229
  • S-580
  • Finite element analysis
  • Modern locomotive
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-24-35
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Contracting Officer:
  Omar, Tarek
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  The goal of this project is to assess crew safety of existing locomotive crashworthiness requirements using existing modern freight locomotive crash data analyses and simulation techniques. This project will evaluate the impact of the crashworthiness standards defined in Subpart D of 49 CFR Part 229, and in the AAR S-580 Locomotive Crashworthiness Requirements, on the safety performance of the modern locomotive through a combination of statistical analysis, finite element modeling and simulation, as well as validation tests.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  693JJ621C000016
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/77408/dot_77408_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.02 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0b3391fca1d00b9c4ddd1e8a67c21df74630282d0817a28b3f1aded65ea2946b286289e53985a40342287c1ade040c6f3b2d893740e538900628dabb5ddd734c