A crush zone design for an existing passenger rail cab car

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

Volumn 30, Issue , 2005, Pages 85-94

  Martinez, Eloy ^a   Tyrell, David ^a   Rancatore, Robert ^b   Stringfellow, Richard ^b   Amar, Gabriel ^c  

^a Volpe National Transportation Systems Center   (United States)

^b TIAX LLC   (United States)

^c Taylor Raynauld Amar and Associates

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASH ENERGY MANAGEMENT (CEM); CRUSH ZONE DESIGNS; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARES; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; IMPACT TESTING; LOCOMOTIVES; MACHINE COMPONENTS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RETROFITTING;

RAILROAD CARS;

EID: 33646177456     PISSN: 10788883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2005-82769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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