On March 23, 2006, a full-scale test was conducted on a passenger rail train retrofitted with newly developed cab end and non-cab end crush zone designs. This test was conducted as part of a larger testing program to establish the degree of enhanced performance of alternative design strategies for passenger rail crashworthiness. The alternative design strategy is referred to as crash energy management (CEM), where the collision energy is absorbed in defined unoccupied locations throughout the train in a controlled progressive manner. By controlling the deformations at critical locations the CEM train is able to protect against two dangerous modes of deformation: override and large-scale lateral buckling.


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    Title :

    Train-to-Train Impact Test of Crash Energy Management Passenger Rail Equipment: Structural Results


    Contributors:
    D. Tyrell (author) / K. Jacobsen (author) / E. Martinez (author) / A. B. Perlman (author)

    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English