Impact tests of crash energy management passenger rail cars: Analysis and structural measurements

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

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 97-105

  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

ACCELEROMETERS; BUCKLING; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PASSENGER CARS; STRAIN GAGES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COLLISION DYNAMICS MODELS; CRASH ENERGY MANAGEMENT (CEM); IMPACT TESTS; POTENTIOMETERS;

RAIL MOTOR CARS;

EID: 17644420367     PISSN: 10788883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2004-61252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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