Single Passenger Rail Car Impact Test. Volume 3. Test Procedures, Instrumentationand Data

摘要

A full-scale impact test was performed November 16, 1999, at the Federal RailroadAdministration's Transportation Technology Center, Pueblo, Colorado, by Tranportation Technology Center, Inc., a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads. The test was performed on a Budd Company Pioneer-type commuter passenger car. The purpose of the test was to measure strains, accelerations, and displacements during the impact so that computational and kinematic models of the vehicle impacting a rigid barrier can be validated. Other test objectives were to determine the crash-force pulse shape throughout the vehicle and to provide a greater understanding of occupant kinematics in crash situations.