Development of crash energy management designs for existing passenger rail vehicles

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

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 107-115

  Martinez, Eloy ^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

BUCKLING; CRASHWORTHINESS; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; RAIL MOTOR CARS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CRASH ENERGY MANAGEMENT (CEM); CRUSH DISTANCE; LATERAL BUCKLING; PASSENGER RAIL VEHICLES;

PASSENGER CARS;

EID: 17644423136     PISSN: 10788883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2004-61601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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