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May
2012
Technical Reports
Workstation Table Engineering Model Design, Development, Fabrication, and Testing
Subject
Occupant Protection,
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Keywords: workstation table; quasi-static testing; crash energy management; full-scale test; finite element analysis
Abstract: This research effort is focused on providing a workstation table design that will reduce the risk of occupant injuries due to secondary impacts and to compartmentalize the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-12/06
Office
RRD
1
Oct
2011
Technical Reports
Technical Criteria and Procedures for Evaluating the Crashworthiness and Occupant Protection Performance of Alternatively Designed Passenger Rail Equipment for Use in Tier I Service
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Keywords: RSAC; crashworthiness; waiver application; Tier I; standards; passenger equipment
Abstract: Criteria and procedures have been developed for assessing crashworthiness and occupant protection performance of alternatively designed trainsets to be used in Tier I (not...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-11/22
Office
RRD
1
Jul
2009
Technical Reports
Occupant Protection Experiments in Support of A Full-Scale Train-to-Train Crash Energy Management Equipment Collision Test
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
Mar
2008
Technical Reports
Full-Scale Single Car Multilevel Car Test- Test No. 9 Procedures, Instrumentation, & Data
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Keywords: Impact Test, Multilevel Passenger Cars, Crashworthiness of Rail Equipment
Abstract: This report addresses the efforts to document the behavior of an existing design multilevel passenger car as it impacts a stationary wall at approximately 36 mph. Transportation...
Office
RRD
26
Jun
2006
Other Reports
Report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees: The Safety of Push-Pull and Multiple-Unit Locomotive Passenger Rail Operations
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Office
RRS