Rail passenger equipment crashworthiness testing requirements and implementation

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 2000-AJ, Issue , 2000, Pages 67-76

  Tyrell, David ^a   Severson, Kristine ^a   Benjamin Perlman, A ^b   Brickie, Barrie ^c   Vanlngen Dunn, Caroline ^d  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC   (United States)

^d Simula Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; COLLISION BEHAVIOR; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT DATA; ON BOARD DATA ACQUISITIONS; RAIL PASSENGERS; STRAIN-GAGES; TEST REQUIREMENTS; TESTING REQUIREMENTS; UNCERTAINTY;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 0005890546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2000-2138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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