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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2012.36.8.935

Energy Absorption of Collision Post Based on North American CFR Regulations for Railway Vehicles  

Kim, Seung-Tech (Hyundai-Rotem Company)
Jeong, Ji-Ho (Hyundai-Rotem Company)
Choi, Jeong-Yong (Hyundai-Rotem Company)
Woo, Kwan-Je (Hyundai-Rotem Company)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.36, no.8, 2012 , pp. 935-943 More about this Journal
Abstract
In accidents involving the collision of railway vehicles, there is a risk that structural members might penetrate the cab frame of the railway vehicle in the space in which the driver or passengers are seated. To reduce this risk, worldwide, studies on the collision of railway vehicles are underway. In North America, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) was revised in 2010 to include crush criteria for a collision and the corner post in an end frame. In this study, a crush analysis and crush test for a collision post and a crash analysis for a rigid cylinder were performed according to the CFR. The analysis and test results were compared and reviewed. This study aims to determine the usefulness of crush analysis for developing various end frames, and to understand the crush and crash characteristics and review the accuracy of the analysis.
Keywords
Collision Post; Corner Post; Energy Absorption; Multiple Units; Crush Analysis; Crush Test; Crash Analysis; End frame; Survival Space;
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