AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CRASHWORTHINESS OF EXISTING URBAN RAIL VEHICLES. VOLUME III: TRAIN-COLLISION MODEL, USERS MANUAL

The crashworthiness of existing urban rail vehicles (passenger cars) and the feasibility of improvements in this area were investigated. Both rail-car structural configurations and impact absorption devices were studied. This final report issued under the crashworthiness effort covers: (1) The development of analytical tools to predict passenger threat - environment during collision; (2) criteria for predicting passenger injury due to train collisions; (3) an application of injury criteria and analytic models to predict passenger injuries resulting from collisions of trains that represent existing construction types; (4) a preliminary investigation of applying impact absorption devices to transit vehicles; (5) a design study of car structural configurations for improved impact energy management; (6) a review of engineering standards for Urban Rail Car Crashworthiness. The report consists of three volumes.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-249143.
• Corporate Authors:

  Calspan Corporation

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14225

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Segal, D J
• Publication Date: 1975-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 66 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Design; Energy absorption; Forecasting; Injuries; Mathematical models; Passenger cars; Passengers; Railroad cars; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Research; Safety; Safety engineering; Safety equipment; Standards; Structural analysis; Structural engineering; Transportation safety; Urban transportation; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Passenger safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Impact vulnerability; Passenger car design; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Design; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137318
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-7521IIIFinal Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-681
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM