Crashworthiness Studies of Locomotive Wide Nose Short Hood Designs

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 1999-H, Issue , 1999, Pages 319-333

  Tyrell, David C ^a   Martinez, Eloy E ^a   Wierzbicki, Tomasz ^b  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOCOMOTIVES;

'CURRENT; ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BASELINE LEVELS; CRUSH RESPONSE; KEY ISSUES; MEAN CRUSH LOAD; NORTH CAROLINA; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; SUPPORT STRUCTURES;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 84903556039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE1999-0962     Document Type: Conference Paper

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