Passive safety of high-speed passenger trains at accident collisions on 1520 mm gauge railways

摘要

The fundamental principles of the passive protection concept of high-speedpassenger trains at accident collisions on 1520 mm gauge railways have been developed.The scientific methodology and mathematical models for the analysis of plasticdeformation of cab frame elements and energy-absorbing devices (EAD) at an impacthave been developed. The cab frame and EAD for a new-generation locomotive havebeen designed. The EAD prototype crash test has been carried out.