Development of a computer model for prediction of collision response of a railroad passenger car

Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 9-16

  Kirkpatrick, Steven W ^a   MacNeill, Robert A ^a  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CAR CRASH TEST; COLLISION RESPONSE;

PASSENGER CARS;

EID: 0036073456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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