| Title | Vehicle postmortem and data analysis of a passenger rail car collision test |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 48005 |
| Personal Name Creator |
MacNeill, Robert A; Kirkpatrick, Steven W |
| Source | The 2002 ASME/IEEE Joint Rail Conference, April 23-25, 2002, Washington D.C.; 8p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | Applied Research Associates, Inc. |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development |
| Publisher | American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Publication Date | 20020423 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | There is an ongoing research program in the United States to investigate and improve rail equipment crashworthiness. As part of this effort, a series of full-scale rail vehicle crash tests are being performed to investigate the crash response of existing and future rail vehicle designs. The first full-scale test, an impact of a single passenger coach car into a fixed wall, was conducted at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado on November 16, 1999. The test vehicle used was a Pioneer passenger coach car. The test condition was a 35 mph impact into a fixed rigid concrete wall. Collision response data was collected in the test using accelerometers, strain gauges, string potentiometers, and high-speed photography. This paper describes the postmortem documentation and data analysis process. The objective is to develop an understanding of the vehicle collision response and to obtain a consistent correlation of the various sources to data. Specific documentation and data analysis techniques used for the study are described along with key results. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10038 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10038 |
| TRT Terms | Crashworthiness; Impact tests; Crash injury research; Crash victim simulation; Dummies; Crashes; Accelerometers |
| General Subjects | Crash injury management |
| Classification | AGR - PASSENGERS - PASSENGERS; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Rail Safety; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Rail Safety |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Report Number | CH37356-TBR |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Proceedings |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/48000/48000/48005/rail_cw_2002_6.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |