Crashworthiness studies of locomotive wide nose short hood designs

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD

Volumn 237, Issue , 1999, Pages 319-333

  Tyrell, David C ^a   Martinez, Eloy E ^a   Wierzbicki, Tomasz ^b  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREIGHT CARS; IMPACT TESTING; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

RAILWAY COLLISION; WIDE NOSE LOCOMOTIVE;

RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

EID: 0033297403     PISSN: 01608835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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