Crashworthiness strategies, which include crash energy management (CEM), pushback couplers, and push/pull operation, are evaluated and compared under specific collision conditions. Comparisons of three strategies are evaluated in this paper: (1) Push versus Pull Operation (Cab Car Led versus Locomotive Led Consists); (2) Conventional versus CEM Consists and (3) Incremental CEM versus Full-CEM.


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    Title :

    Effectiveness of Alternative Rail Passenger Equipment Crashworthiness Strategies


    Contributors:
    K. Jacobsen (author) / K. Severson (author) / B. Perlman (author)

    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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