DocumentCode :
2773959
Title :
Development of a passenger rail vehicle crush zone
Author :
Mayville, Ronald ; String, Richard ; Rancatore, Robert ; Johnson, Kent
Author_Institution :
Arthur D. Little Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear :
1999
fDate :
1999
Firstpage :
94
Lastpage :
101
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
Keywords :
accidents; finite element analysis; railways; safety; structural engineering computing; coach cars; collision protection; computer simulation; crash energy management; crush response determination; design layout; nonlinear dynamic finite element analysis; passenger rail vehicle crush zone development; specifications; train occupant protection; Absorption; Acceleration; Injuries; Protection; Rails; Vehicle dynamics;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Railroad Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999 ASME/IEEE Joint
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5533-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/RRCON.1999.762408
Filename :
762408
Link To Document :
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