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

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

87

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;

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.1999.762406

Filename

762406