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.


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    Title :

    Single Passenger Rail Car Impact Test. Volume 3. Test Procedures, Instrumentation and Data


    Contributors:
    B. Brickle (author)

    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    192 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English