The goal of the Federal Railroad Administrations (FRA) rail equipment crashworthiness research is to develop and evaluate practical concepts for increasing survivability in passenger train accidents. Alternative strategies for increased safety are first evaluated for potential effectiveness. For strategies that appear promising, designs are developed. Test articles are built and then tested. The tests confirm the design performance.
Train-to-Train Impact Test of Crash Energy Management Passenger Rail Equipment
2006
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
Railroad Transportation , Transportation Safety , Metropolitan Rail Transportation , Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Railroad cars , Impact tests , Crashworthiness , Accidents , Safety , Design , Tests , Rail transportation , Train-to-train impact test , Passenger rail cars , Crash energy management(CEM)