Two grade-crossing impact tests were conducted in June 2002 at the Federal Railroad Administrations (FRAs) Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado as part of the FRAs research into passenger equipment crashworthiness. In both of these tests a cab car moving at approximately 14 mph impacted a standing coil of steel supported by a frangible table. The coil was positioned such that the left-side corner post of the cab car sustained the brunt of the impact. The cars were instrumented to measure the accelerations of the carbody, the displacements of the suspensions, the displacements of the corner posts, and the strains in selected structural members. The coil was instrumented to measure its three-dimensional acceleration, including yaw, pitch, and roll. On-board and wayside high-speed film and video cameras were used to record the impact. On June 4, 2002 a cab car compliant with general industry practice circa 1999 was tested and on June 7, 2002 a cab car compliant with current FRA regulations and American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Standards and Recommended Practices for Rail Passenger Equipment was tested.


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    Title :

    Rail Car Impact Tests with Steel Coil: Car Crush


    Contributors:
    E. Martinez (author) / J. Zolock (author) / D. Tyrell (author)

    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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