The development of a rail passenger coach car crush zone

Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 55-61

  Mayville, Ronald A ^a   Johnson, Kent N ^b   Stringfellow, Richard G ^c   Tyrell, David C ^d  

^a RA Mayville and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Premiere Engineering   (United States)

^c TIAX LLC   (United States)

^d Volpe Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DESIGN; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPACT TESTING; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD CAR EQUIPMENT; SPECIFICATIONS; RAIL MOTOR CARS;

COLLISION TEST; CRASH ENERGY MANAGEMENT; OCCUPANT PROTECTION; RAIL PASSENGER COACH CAR CRUSH ZONE; COMPONENT TESTS; CRUSH ZONE; OCCUPANT PROTECTIONS; OVERALL DESIGN; PRIMARY ENERGIES; RAIL PASSENGERS; RAIL VEHICLES;

PASSENGER CARS; DESIGN;

EID: 0038265126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/rtd2003-1653     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Lewis, J.H., Validation of Measures to Improve Rail Vehicle Crashworthiness, in AMD-Vol. 210/BED-Vol. 30, Crashworthiness and Occupant Protection in Transportation Systems, ASME (1995) 17-34
2. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Part 238, Passenger Equipment Safety Standards (Oct. 2002).
3. APTA SS-C&S-034-99 Standard for the Design and Construction of Passenger Railroad Rolling Stock, The American Public Transportation Association, Washington, D.C.
4. GM/RT 2100 Railway Group Standard, "Structural Requirements for Railway Vehicles," Issue 2, 1997.
5. Mayville, S., Stringfellow, R.G., Johnson, K.N., and Landrum, S., Crashworthiness Design Modifications for Anti-Climbing Systems, Final Report to the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Ref. 71558 (February 2002) 100 pages.