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27
Sep
2019
Technical Reports
Conventional and Crash Energy Management Locomotive Coupling Tests
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Keywords: Locomotives, crashworthiness, railcars, couplers, override, collision, injury, impacts
Abstract: Crash energy management (CEM) components which can be integrated into the end structure of a locomotive were developed: a push-back coupler (PBC) and a deformable anti-climber (...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/36
Office
RDI-22
20
Sep
2019
Technical Reports
Crashworthy Components Retrofit for F40 Locomotive
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Keywords: Locomotives, rail cars, override, collision, injury, impacts, testing, crash energy management, push-back coupler, anti-climber
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration and the Volpe Center continue to evaluate new technologies for increasing the safety of passengers and operators in rail equipment. In...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/34
Office
RDI-22
6
May
2019
Technical Reports
Improving Secondary Impact Protection for Locomotive Engineers
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Keywords: Airbag, anthropomorphic test device, ATD, crash test dummy, crashworthiness, energy absorption, finite element analysis, FEA, injury indices, knee bolster, secondary impact protection, sled testing
Abstract: A modern freight locomotive designed to the specifications of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations § 229.207 and the Association of American Railroads’ S-580 can preserve the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/09
Office
RDI-22
15
Apr
2019
Technical Reports
Quasi-Static Research Testing of Workstation Tables
Subject
Occupant Protection,
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment,
Testing
Keywords: Passenger rail car, workstation tables, energy absorption, interior crashworthiness, train collision safety
Abstract: Sharma & Associates, Inc. (SA) performed quasi-static destructive loading tests on two different designs of passenger workstation tables in accordance with the requirements of...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/08
Office
RDI-22
19
Oct
2018
Technical Reports
Railroad Energy Intensity and Criteria Pollutant Emissions
Subject
Locomotive Standards (Safety & Noise)
Keywords: Railroad, energy intensity, emissions, life cycle analysis, GREET®, greenhouse gases, regulated emissions, energy, air pollutant emissions, locomotive, diesel fuel, alternative fuel
Abstract: A tiered emission factors table was developed by Argonne National Laboratory to populate its Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET®) model...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/34
Office
RDI-22