| Title | Development of a passenger rail vehicle crush zone |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 48053 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Mayville, Ronald; Stringfellow, Richard; Johnson, Kent N. |
| Source | 8p. in various pagings; Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, April 13-15, 1999 |
| Corporate Creator | Arthur D. Little, Inc. |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Publication Date | 19990413 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The use of crush zones in passenger rail vehicles is rapidly growing in the United States and throughout the world. Such crush zones are an important part of the crash energy management philosophy of train occupant protection. The objective of this study was to determine the advantages, disadvantages and issues related to incorporating crush zones at the ends of coach cars for protection in collisions between two trains. The general specifications for the crush zone were selected after consideration of the energy and forces that can be accommodated in such structures. Various designs were considered to meet these requirements and one of these was selected for more detailed development and evaluation. The effort included design layout and nonlinear dynamic finite element analysis to determine crush response. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10053 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10053 |
| TRT Terms | Crashes; Passenger cars; Commuter cars; Railroad cars; Crashworthiness; Crash tests; Crash injury research; Fracture tests; Energy absorption; Finite element method; Structural analysis |
| General Subjects | Crash energy management |
| Classification | AGR - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Vehicle Design; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Rail Safety; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Rail Safety |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Report Number | 99CH36340 |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Proceedings |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/48000/48000/48053/rail_cw_1999_5.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |