On March 23, 2006, a full-scale test was conducted on a passenger train retrofitted with newly developed cab and coach car crush zone designs. This test was conducted as part of a larger testing program to establish the degree of enhanced performance of alternative design strategies for passenger rail crashworthiness. The alternative design strategy is referred to as Crash Energy Management (CEM) where the collision energy is absorbed in defined unoccupied locations throughout the train in a controlled progressive manner. By controlling the deformations at critical locations, the CEM train is able to protect against two very dangerous modes of deformation: override and large scale lateral buckling.
Crash Energy Management Crush Zone Designs: Features, Functions, and Forms
2007
11 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Railroad Transportation , Transportation Safety , Metropolitan Rail Transportation , Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Railroad cars , Crashwothiness , Crush zones , Rail transportation , Cab cars , Performance , Deformations , Coach cars , Tests , Passenger rail cars , Crash energy management(CEM)
JRC/ICE2007-40051 Crash Energy Management Crush Zone Designs: Features, Functions, and Forms
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