INCREASED RAIL TRANSIT VEHICLE CRASHWORTHINESS IN HEAD-ON COLLISIONS. VOLUME IV. TRAIN USER'S MANUAL

A specific goal of safety is to reduce the number of injuries that may result from the collision of two trains. In Volume IV, a computer code for the simulated crash of two railcar consists is described. The code is capable of simulating the mechanics of head-on impact of two consists on straight level track. The simulation is limited to two dimensions, namely a vertical plane containing the length of the track. The user can model the individual car components or cars in a complex or as simple a manner as is warranted by the simulation results desired. Although specifically developed for transit cars, the code can also be used to simulate freight trains or intercity passenger trains.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB80-205727.
• Corporate Authors:

  IIT Research Institute

  10 West 35th Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Tech Development & Deployment, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hahn, E E
• Publication Date: 1980-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 233 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Crash injury research; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Dynamic structural analysis; Dynamic tests; Dynamics; Freight trains; Frontal crashes; Mathematical models; Passenger cars; Passenger trains; Passenger transportation; Railroad cars; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Research; Safety engineering; Simulation; Structural analysis; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic analysis; Vertical dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger car design; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318518
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-MA-06-0025-804 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1052-4
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 27 1981 12:00AM