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Passenger Rail Train to Train Impact Test: Test Procedures, Instrumentation, and Data

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • Federal Railroad Administration
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-03/17.III
Office
RDI-20
Keywords:
Impact test; energy absorption; train collisions; railway accidents; crashworthiness testing of railway vehicles; commuter rail passenger car; computational and kinematic models; crash dynamics
Document
580_ord0317iii Pass Rail Train to Train Impact Tesst III.pdf (3.86 MB)

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Last updated: Wednesday, October 1, 2003