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19 Dec 2013

Technical Reports

Workstation Table Crashworthiness Tests

Author
Richard Stringfellow and Jay Nutting

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment, Occupant Protection, Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment, Passenger Rail, Collision

Keywords: Crashworthiness, workstation table, full-scale train-to-train test, crash energy management, crush zones, rail cars, occupant survivability, collision, injury, impacts

Abstract: This report describes results from the Option C component of a research program aimed at improving crashworthiness of passenger train workstation tables. Research conducted in the...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-13/48
Office
RRD

28 Oct 2013

Technical Reports

Alternative Occupied Volume Integrity (OVI) Tests and Analyses

Author
Authors: Michael Carolan, Benjamin Perlman, David Tyrell

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment, Occupant Protection, Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment, Passenger Rail

Keywords: Occupant volume integrity, testing, finite element analysis, passenger equipment, crashworthiness

Abstract: FRA, supported by the Volpe Center, conducted research on alternative methods of evaluating occupied volume integrity (OVI) in passenger railcars. Guided by this research, an...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-13/46
Office
RRD

1 Feb 2012

Research Results

Occupant Volume Integrity Evaluation in Passenger Rail Cars

Author
Luis Maal and Melissa Shurland

Subject Occupant Protection, Passenger Rail

Keywords: Occupant volume integrity, OVI, crippling, buff strength, alternative criteria

Report Number
RR12-01
Office
RDI-22

1 Jul 2009

Technical Reports

Occupant Protection Experiments in Support of A Full-Scale Train-to-Train Crash Energy Management Equipment Collision Test

Author
Bob Rancatore, Patricia Llana, Caroline Van Ingen-Dunn, Chris Bradney

Subject Occupant Protection, Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment, Collision

Keywords: Occupant protection, train-to-train, full-scale, strain gage, accelerometer, occupant configurations, head-on collision, Crash Emergency Management (CEM), Anthropomorphic Test Devices (ATDs), seat configuration loads, accelerations, displacements.

Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration sponsored a full-scale train-to-train crash energy management (CEM) technology test that was conducted on March 23, 2006, at the Transportation...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-09/14
Office
RRD

1 Jul 2002

Technical Reports

Commuter Rail Seat Testing and Analysis

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Occupant Protection

Keywords: commuter rail; M-style seat; Walkover seat; static testing; dynamic testing; structural integrity; occupant safety

Abstract: The need to determine the structural integrity and passenger safety provided by existing commuter rail seats was identified by the Construction/Structural Subgroup of the American...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/06
Office
RDI-20