Crashworthiness requirements for commuter rail passenger seats

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

Volumn 30, Issue , 2005, Pages 77-83

  Severson, Kristine J ^a   Tyrell, David C ^a   Rancatore, Robert ^b  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b TIAX LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEM RAILCARS; COMMUTER RAIL PASSENGER SEATS; CRASH ENERGY MANAGEMENT (CEM); OCCUPANT EXPERIMENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; IMPACT TESTING; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAILROAD CARS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33646190051     PISSN: 10788883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2005-82643     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. VanIngen-Dunn, C., "Passenger Rail Train-to-Train Test Volume II: Summary of Occupant Protection Program," U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-03/17.2, July 2003.
2. Severson, K., Parent, D., Tyrell, D., "Two-Car Impact Test of Crash Energy Management Passenger Rail Cars: Analysis of Occupant Protection Measurements," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2004-61249, November 2004.
3. Tyrell, D., Severson, K., Zolock, J., Perlman, A.B., "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.
4. Tyrell, D., "Passenger Rail Train-to-Train Impact Test Volume I: Overview and Selected Results," U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-03/17.I, July 2003.
5. Jacobsen, K., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B., "Impact Tests of Crash Energy Management Passenger Rail Cars: Analysis and Structural Measurements," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2004-61252, November 2004.
6. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Part 238, Passenger Equipment Safety Standards, Section 435, October 2003.
7. APTA SS-C&S-016-99, Rev. 1, Standard for Row-to-Row Seating in Commuter Rail Cars, The American Public Transportation Association, Washington, DC.