| Title | An Assessment of the Crashworthiness of Existing Urban Rail Vehicles. Volume I: Analyses and Assessments of Vehicles, Chapters 1 through 7 |
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| Record ID | 49431 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Cassidy, R. J.; Romeo, D. J. |
| Source | 199p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | Calspan Corporation |
| Corporate Contributor |
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration |
| Publication Date | 19751101 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The crashworthiness of existing urban rail vehicles (passenger cars) and the feasibility of improvements in this area were investigated. Both rail-car structural configurations and impact absorption devices were studied. Recommendations for engineering standards for urban rail vehicles were developed. The report covers: (1) The development of analytical tools to predict passenger threat - environment during collision; (2) criteria for predicting passenger injury due to train collisions; (3) an application of injury criteria and analytic models to predict passenger injuries resulting from collisions of trains that represent existing construction types; (4) a preliminary investigation of applying impact absorption devices to transit vehicles; (5) a design study of car structural configurations for improved impact energy management; (6) a review of engineering standards for Urban Rail Car Crashworthiness. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10881 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10881 |
| TRT Terms | Crashes; Crash injury research; Crashworthiness; Design; Forecasting; Injuries; Mathematical models; Passenger cars; Passenger transportation; Passengers; Railroad cars; Rapid transit; Research; Risk analysis; Safety; Safety engineering; Safety equipment; Standards; Structural design; Structural engineering; Transportation safety; Urban transportation; Vehicle design |
| Classification | AGR - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Rail Transit; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Safety and Security; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Transit Safety and Security; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Contract Number | DOT-TSC-681 |
| Report Number | UMTA-MA-06-0025-75-16.I; DOT-TSC-UMTA-75-21.I |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49400/49431/DOT-TSC-UMTA-75-21-1.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |