A full-scale impact test was performed November 16, 1999, at the Federal Railroad Administration's Transportation Technology Center, Pueblo, Colorado, by Transportation Technology Center, Inc., a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads. The test was performed on a Budd Company Pioneer-type commuter passenger car. The purpose of the test was to measure strains, accelerations, and displacements during the impact so that computational and kinematic models of the vehicle impacting a rigid barrier can be validated. Other test objectives were to determine the crash-force pulse shape throughout the vehicle and to provide a greater understanding of occupant kinematics in crash situations.
Single Passenger Rail Car Impact Test. Volume 3. Test Procedures, Instrumentation and Data
2000
192 pages
Report
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English
Instrumentation and test procedures
Engineering Index Backfile | 1961
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SAE Technical Papers | 1961
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