In this paper, a three-dimensional nonlinear rigid body model has been developed for the investigation of the crashworthiness of a passenger train using the multibody dynamics approach. This model refers to a typical design of passenger cars and train constructs commonly used in Australia. The high-energy and low-energy crush zones of the cars and the train constructs are assumed and the data are explicitly provided in the paper. The crash scenario is limited to the train colliding on to a fixed barrier symmetrically. The simulations of a single car show that this initial design is only applicable for the crash speed of 35 km/h or lower. For higher speeds (e.g. 140 km/h), the crush lengths or crush forces or both the crush zone elements will have to be enlarged. It is generally better to increase the crush length than the crush force in order to retain the low levels of the longitudinal deceleration of the passenger cars.


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    Titel :

    Modelling and analysis of the crush zone of a typical Australian passenger train


    Beteiligte:
    Sun, Y. Q. (Autor:in) / Cole, C. (Autor:in) / Dhanasekar, M. (Autor:in) / Thambiratnam, D. P. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Vehicle System Dynamics ; 50 , 7 ; 1137-1155


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2012-07-01


    Format / Umfang :

    19 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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