Rail passenger equipment collision tests: Analysis of structural measurements

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

Volumn 2000-AJ, Issue , 2000, Pages 77-86

  Severson, Kristine J ^a   Benjamin Perlman, A ^b   Tyrell, David C ^a  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

COLLISION TESTS; COMPUTER MODELS; EQUIPMENT COLLISIONS; RAIL PASSENGERS; RIGID WALL; STRAIN-GAGES; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS; TEST ANALYSIS; TEST DATA;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 0009772496     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2000-2139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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