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Title:

Development of Crash Energy Management Performance Requirements for Light-Rail Vehicles
Cover of Development of Crash Energy Management Performance Requirements for Light-Rail Vehicles

Accession Number:

01103972

Record Type:

Monograph

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309431941

Abstract:

This report presents the results of a study to analyze potential crash scenarios for various light rail vehicle designs and apply the results to develop crash energy management guidelines. The crash scenarios involve both collisions between light rail vehicles of identical or dissimilar design and collisions between light rail vehicles and highway vehicles. The analyses were performed using detailed nonlinear dynamic finite element simulations of the collisions between the various vehicle types. Collision responses such as the crash force levels and crush lengths in the colliding light rail vehicles or the maximum crush in the struck highway vehicles were determined and can be used to define crash energy management requirements in a light rail safety standard.

Report/Paper Numbers:

TCRP Project C-17

Language:

English

Authors:

Kirkpatrick, Steven W

Pagination:

167p

Publication Date:

2008

Serial:

TCRP Web Document

Issue Number: 40
Publisher: Transportation Research Board

ISBN:

9780309431941

Edition:

Contractor Final Report

Media Type:

Web

Features:

Figures (147) ; References (19) ; Tables (20)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jul 2 2008 10:19AM