Overview of a crash energy management specification for passenger rail equipment

ASME/IEEE 2006 Joint Rail Conference, JRC2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 131-140

  Tyrell, David ^a   Martinez, Eloy ^a   Severson, Kristine ^a   Jacobsen, Karina ^a   Parent, Daniel ^a   Priante, Michelle ^a   Perlman, A Benjamin ^b  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BUMPERS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; LOADS (FORCES); PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; RAIL MOTOR CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATIONS; CRASH-ENERGY MANAGEMENTS; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION; FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATIONS; LARGE DEFORMATION FINITE ELEMENTS; LOAD TRANSFER MECHANISM; PROCUREMENT SPECIFICATIONS;

SPECIFICATIONS;

EID: 78049471523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/rrcon.2006.215303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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