Rail car impact tests with steel coil: Collision dynamics

Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 73-82

  Jacobsen, Karina ^a   Tyrell, David ^a   Perlman, Benjamin ^b  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETERS; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; IMPACT TESTING; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD CAR EQUIPMENT; STRAIN GAGES; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); VELOCITY; ACCIDENTS; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; FREIGHT CARS; RAIL MOTOR CARS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

COLLISION DYNAMICS; RAIL CAR IMPACT TESTS; STEEL COIL;

RAILROAD CARS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COLLISION DYNAMICS; COLLISION DYNAMICS MODELS; LONGITUDINAL DEFORMATION; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELS; NON-LINEAR STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ACCELERATIONS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

EID: 0038603914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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