A full-scale impact test was performed April 4, 2000, at the Federal Railroad Administration's Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo, Colorado by Transportation Technology Center, Inc., a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads. The test was performed using two Budd Company Pioneer-type commuter passenger cars coupled together. The purpose of the test was to measure strains, accelerations, and displacements during the impact and validate the computational and kinematic models of the vehicle impacting a rigid barrier. The test also showed the influence of the lead car on the secondary collision environment of the trailing car. 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. Simula Technologies, inc. provided the occupant kinematic experiments, including a number of instrumented Anthropomophic Test Devices in different seat configurations. This report describes the test cars and the methodology used to carry out the impact test, together with a description of all the instrumentation used to measure the structural deformation of the car during the impact. The impact was recorded by a number of high speed film and video cameras. The report contains a description of the cameras used, their position, and the subsequent film analysis carried out to measure the displacement and velocity of the test cars during the impact.


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    Title :

    Passenger Rail Two Car Impact Test Volume III: Test Procedures Instrumentation and Data


    Contributors:
    B. Brickle (author)

    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    186 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English