The crashworthiness of existing urban rail vehicles (passenger cars) and the feasibility of improvements in this area were investigated. Both rail-car structural configurations and impact absorption devices were studied. This final report issued under the crashworthiness effort covers: (1) The development of analytical tools to predict passenger threat - environment during collision; (2) criteria for predicting passenger injury due to train collisions; (3) an application of injury criteria and analytic models to predict passenger injuries resulting from collisions of trains that represent existing construction types; (4) a preliminary investigation of applying impact absorption devices to transit vehicles; (5) a design study of car structural configurations for improved impact energy management; (6) a review of engineering standards for Urban Rail Car Crashworthiness. The report consists of three volumes.


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    Title :

    An Assessment of the Crashworthiness of Existing Urban Rail Vehicles. Volume III: Train-Collision Model, Users Manual


    Contributors:
    D. J. Segal (author)

    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    66 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English