Engineering analyses for railroad tank car head puncture resistance

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• Alternative Title:
  Proceedings of IMECE2006 ; 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• Creators:
  Jeong, D.Y. ; Tang, Y.H. ; Yu, H. ; Perlman, A.B.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; Tufts University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Strength of materials
  • Railroad safety
  • Tank cars
  • Railroad cars
  • Railroad trains
  • Finite element method
  • Impact tests
  • Puncture resistance
  • Railroad accidents
  • Structural analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  IMECE2006-13212
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• NTL Classification:
  AGR-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Rail Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Vehicle Design
• Abstract:
  This paper describes engineering analyses to estimate the ; forces, deformations, and puncture resistance of railroad tank ; cars. Different approaches to examine puncture of the tank car ; head are described. One approach is semi-empirical equations ; to estimate the velocity at which puncture is expected to occur. ; Other approaches apply elastic-plastic finite element analysis. ; The results from these approaches are compared with ; experimental data from impact tests, and are shown to provide ; reasonable estimates of impact forces.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9908/dot_9908_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 150.28 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:deb11280a10ba21e23600c8588454c1ce1b77eacabf05a48b45c2a62540d6b41