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Crashworthiness Testing of Amtrak's Tradtional Coach Seat

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • D. Tyrell, K. Severson
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-96/98
Office
RRD
Subject:
Evaluation
Keywords:
Safety , Crashworthiness, Human Injury Criteria, Traditional Seat, 3rd Generation Seats, High-Speed Passenger Train Seats, Seat Collision Performance Tests
Document
Crashworthiness Testing of Amtrak's Traditional Coach Seat Safety of High-Speed Ground Transportation SYstems.pdf (5.87 MB)

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Last updated: Tuesday, October 1, 1996