The development of a rail passenger coach car crush-zone

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/ASME Joint Rail Conference
• Creators:
  Mayville, Ronald A. ; Johnson, Kent N. ; Stringfellow, Richard G. ; Tyrell, David C.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; TIAX LLC
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Collisions
  • Passenger cars
  • Railroad cars
  • Crashworthiness
  • Fracture tests
  • Impact tests
  • Energy absorption
  • Finite element method
  • Crash energy management
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RTD 2003-1653
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Abstract:
  This paper presents information on the design of a rail ; vehicle crush zone for better occupant protection. The overall ; design requirements and characteristics are described and the ; configuration for the various structural subsystems is presented. ; The paper also includes information on full-scale component ; tests carried out to support the development of the design, ; particularly for the primary energy absorbers. Comparisons ; between test and finite element analysis are presented and there ; is a discussion of how the test results have affected the design.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9868/dot_9868_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 435.32 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration ; Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9c5f6b5d70087de3b5df5f3f46171d4fe2cf1c1cf97db0ed34a802c4ae4a5e89