Collision safety comparison of conventional and crash energy management passenger rail car designs

Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 83-90

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

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; IMPACT TESTING; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; DESIGN; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT TESTING; MODEL AUTOMOBILES; RAIL MOTOR CARS;

CARSH ENERGY MANAGEMENT; COLLISION SAFETY; PASSENGER RAIL CAR DESIGNS; SECONDARY IMPACT VELOCITY; COLLISION DYNAMICS MODELS; CONVENTIONAL DESIGN; CONVENTIONAL EQUIPMENT; CRASH-ENERGY MANAGEMENTS; LATERAL BUCKLING; OCCUPANT PROTECTIONS; SECONDARY IMPACTS; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES;

PASSENGER CARS; ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0038263142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/rtd2003-1657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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