SIMULATION OF AN OBLIQUE COLLISION OF A LOCOMOTIVE AND AN INTERMODAL CONTAINER

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

Volumn 1999-H, Issue , 1999, Pages 119-133

  Tyrell, David C ^a   Severson, Kristine J ^a   Marquis, Brian P ^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

CONTAINERS; LOCOMOTIVES; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES;

COLLISION DYNAMICS MODELS; COLLISION SCENARIOS; CONTACT LOAD; CRUSH BEHAVIOUR; INTERMODAL CONTAINERS; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; OBLIQUE COLLISION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELLING; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84903591008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE1999-0950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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