Single Passenger Rail Car Impact Test. Volume 1: Overview and Selected Results.Rail Passenger Eqipment Collision Test. Volume 2: Summary of Occupant Protection Program. Rail Passenger Equipment Collision Tests

摘要

On November 16, 1999, at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo,Colorado, a test was conducted of a single rail passenger car colliding with a fixed wall at 35 mph. The car was instrumented to measure (1) the deformations of critical structural elements, (2) the vertical, lateral, and longitudinal deceleration of the carbody and trucks, and (3) displacements of suspension systems. The purpose of the test was to validate and calibrate computer models for analyzing crashworthiness of rail passenger vehicles.