Passenger Train Equipment Review Report. Volume 6. Car Body Construction and Crashworthiness

摘要

Early in 1977, the Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, initiated the Improved Passenger Equipment Evaluation Program (IPEEP), which was designed as a detailed systematic review of advanced passenger trains and equipment throughout the world that could possibly be used in the United States. During the course of this program, the members of the IPEEP Train System Review Team prepared 24 technical papers. This volume contains one paper on intercity passenger car body structural technology and one paper on the influence of construction materials on the crashworthiness of passenger car bodies.