Train-to-train impact test: Analysis of structural measurements

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Rail Transportation Division (Publication) RTD

Volumn 22, Issue , 2002, Pages 109-118

  Tyrell, David ^a   Severson, Kristine ^a   Perlman, A Benjamin ^b   Rancatore, Robert ^c  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TIAX LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASH ENERGY MANAGEMENT (CEM); PASSENGER SEATS;

IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD CARS; TRANSPORTATION;

RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES;

EID: 0346326103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (28)

1. Mayville, R.A., et al., "Locomotive Crashworthiness Research," Volumes 1 through 5, DOT/FRA/ORD-95/8.1-8.5, 1995.
2. Tyrell, D.C., et al., "Evaluation of Cab-car Crashworthiness Design Modifications," Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, IEEE Catalog Number 97CH36047, 1997.
3. Tyrell, D.C., K.J. Severson, and B.P. Marquis, "Crashworthiness of Passenger Trains," U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-97/10, 1998.
4. Mayville, R.A., R.J. Rancatore, L. Tegler, "Investigation and Simulation of Lateral Buckling in Trains," Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, April 13-15, 1999, IEEE Catalog Number 99CH36340, ASME RTD Volume 16, 1999.
5. Tyrell, D.C., et al., "Locomotive Crashworthiness Design Modifications Study," Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, April 13-15, 1999, IEEE Catalog Number 99CH36340, ASME RTD Volume 16, 1999.
6. Stringfellow, R.G., R.A. Mayville, R.J. Rancatore, "A Numerical Evaluation of Protection Strategies for Railroad Cab-car Crashworthiness," Proceedings of the 8th ASME Symposium on Crashworthiness, Occupant Protection and Biomechanics in Transportation November 14-19, 1999; Nashville, Tennessee, 1999.
7. Mayville, R.A., R.P. Hammond, K.N. Johnson, "Static and Dynamic Crush Testing and Analysis of a Rail Vehicle Corner Structural Element," Proceedings of the 8th ASME Symposium on Crashworthiness, Occupant Protection and Biomechanics in Transportation November 14-19, 1999; Nashville, Tennessee, 1999.
8. Holmes, B.S. and J.D. Colton, "Application of Scale Modeling Techniques to Crashworthiness Research," Kenneth J. Saczalski, et al. Editors, Aircraft Crashworthiness, Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1975.
9. National Transportation Safety Board, "Railroad Accident Report: Head-On Collision of Boston and Maine Corporation Extra 1731 East and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Train No. 570 on Former Boston and Maine Corporation Tracks, Beverly, Massachusetts, August 11, 1981," PB82-916301, NTSB-RAR-82-1, 1982.
10. National Transportation Safety Board, "Collision and Derailment of Maryland Rail Commuter MARC Train 286 and National Railroad Passenger Corporation, AMTRAK Train 29 Near Silver Spring, Maryland on February 16, 1996," RAR-97-02, PB97-916302 , 1997.
11. The Orange County Register, "Deadly Collision," Page 1, Wednesday, April 24, 2002.
12. Tyrell, D., K. Severson, A.B. Perlman, "Single Passenger Rail Car Impact Test Volume I: Overview and Selected Results," U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-00/02.1, March 2000.
13. VanIngen-Dunn, C., "Single Passenger Rail Car Impact Test Volume II: Summary of Occupant Protection Program," U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-00/02.2, March 2000.
14. Brickle, B., "Single Passenger Rail Car Impact Test Volume III. Test Procedures, Instrumentation, and Data," DOT/FRA/ORD-01/02.3, May 2000.
15. Tyrell, D., K. Severson, A.B. Perlman, "Passenger Rail Two-Car Impact Test Volume I: Overview and Selected Results," U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-01/22.I, January 2002.
16. VanIngen-Dunn, C., "Passenger Rail Two-Car Impact Test Volume II: Summary of Occupant Protection Program," U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-01/22.II, January 2002.
17. Brickle, B., "Passenger Rail Two-Car Impact Test Volume III: Test Procedures, Instrumentation, and Data," DOT/FRA/ORD-01/22.III, January 2002.
18. Tyrell, D., et al., "Rail Passenger Equipment Crashworthiness Testing Requirements and Implementation," presented at the 2000 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, November 6, 2000.
19. Tyrell, D., Zolock, J., VanIngen-Dunn, C., Train-to-Train Impact Test: Occupant Protection Experiments, to be presented at 2002 ASME WAM.
20. Tyrell, D. and Perlman, A.B., "Evaluation of Rail Passenger Equipment Crashworthiness Strategies," draft TRB paper.
21. Kratville, W. (editor), "The Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia," Sixth Edition, Simmons-Boardman Books, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, 1997.
22. DiMasi,F., "Engineering Data Characterizing the Fleet of U.S. Railway Rolling Stock," Volumes I and II, U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-81/75.1, November 1981.
23. Kirkpatrick, S., MacNeil, R., "Development of a Computer Model for Prediction of Collision Response of a Railroad Passenger Car," Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, April 23-25, 2002, Washington, DC.
24. Tyrell, D., Severson, K., Marquis, B., Martinez, E., Mayville, R., Rancatore, R., Stringfellow, R., Hammond, R., Perlman, A.B., 1999, "Locomotive Crashworthiness Design Modifications Study," Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, April 13-15, 1999, IEEE Catalog Number 99CH36340, ASME RTD Volume 16.
25. Severson, K., "Development of Collision Dynamics Models to Estimate the Results of Full-scale Rail Vehicle Impact Tests" Tufts University Master's Thesis, November 2000.
26. Severson, K., D.C. Tyrell, A.B. Perlman, "Rail Passenger Equipment Collision Tests: Analysis of Structural Measurements," presented at the 2000 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, November 6, 2000.
27. National Transportation Safety Board, "Head On Collision of National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Passenger Trains Nos. 151 and 168, Astoria, Queens, New York, NY, July 23, 1984", RAR-85-09, May 1985.
28. National Transportation Safety Board, "Derailment of Amtrak Train 4, Southwest Chief, on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway near Kingman, Arizona August 9, 1997", RAR-98-03, 1998.