RAIL SAFETY/EQUIPMENT CRASHWORTHINESS. VOLUME II. DESIGN GUIDE

The second of four volumes, has been prepared to assist design engineers in understanding the basic problems associated with the development of crashworthy interiors of locomotives, cabooses and passenger railcars. Rail vehicle accident conditions are presented with the resulting interactions that can occur between one car and another. Types of injuries to the occupants of the cars, and the mechanism causing the injury, are discussed.

• Record URL:
  • https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/rail-safetyequipment-crashworthiness-volume-ii-design-guide
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-289147, and Volume 3, PB-289149. Also available in set of 4 reports PC E06, PB-289 146-SET.
• Corporate Authors:

  Boeing Vertol Company

  Surface Transportation Systems Department, P.O. Box 16858
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19142

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Reilly, M J
  • Shefrin, J
  • PATRICK, L M
• Publication Date: 1978-7

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 99 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cabooses; Cabs (Vehicle compartments); Components; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Derailments; Design; Design standards; Information processing; Injuries; Locomotives; Passenger cars; Passenger transportation; Passengers; Railroad cars; Railroad trains; Railroad transportation; Research; Safety; Safety engineering; Simulation; Specifications; Systems analysis; Transportation safety; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Passenger safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive cab safety; Passenger car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00190537
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/ORD-77/73. II Intrm Rpt., DOT-TSC/FRA-77-15-2, D339-10022-1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-821-2
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 14 1979 12:00AM