Impact test of a crash-energy management passenger rail car

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

Volumn 27, Issue , 2004, Pages 19-26

  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

CRASH ENERGY MANAGEMENT (CEM); FORCE-CRUSH CURVES; PUSHBACK COUPLERS; ROOF ABSORBERS; SAWTOOTH BUCKLING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRASHWORTHINESS; DEFORMATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPACT TESTING; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; STRAIN GAGES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

PASSENGER CARS;

EID: 2942639999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/RTD2004-66045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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