Title :
Locomotive crashworthiness design modifications study
Author :
Tyrell, David ; Severson, Kristine ; Marquis, Brian ; Martinez, Eloy ; Mayville, Ron ; Rancatore, Robert ; Stringfellow, Richard ; Hammond, Randolph ; Perlman, A. Benjamin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Transp., Volpe Nat. Transp. Syst. Center, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A study has been conducted of locomotive crashworthiness in a range of collision scenarios to support the efforts of the Locomotive Crashworthiness Working Group of the Federal Railroad Administration´s Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) to develop locomotive crashworthiness requirements. The RSAC is a government/industry committee including all segments of the rail community, with the purpose of developing solutions to safety regulatory issues. This paper presents the results of a study of the crashworthiness of conventional and modified locomotive designs in five collision scenarios
Keywords :
accidents; design engineering; locomotives; railways; safety; USA; collision scenarios; design modifications study; locomotive crashworthiness; railway safety; safety regulatory issues; Computer crashes; Couplers; Mechanical engineering; Predictive models; Rails; Railway safety; Road accidents; Road transportation; Road vehicles; Vehicle crash testing;
Conference_Titel :
Railroad Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999 ASME/IEEE Joint
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5533-4
DOI :
10.1109/RRCON.1999.762406
