• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.1 no.1 s.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 1998

Described in this paper is the result of a study on collision analysis of TGV-K using 1-dimensional model for crashworthy design. Crashworthy design of the front end is very important because majority of the impact energy (more than 70%) is absorbed by the crush of the front end when the train is collided with an obstacle like a tank lorry. Guideline for the crashworthy design can be described from the collision analysis of the whole train using a 1-dimensional model. Since the headstock of TGV-K is not designed in a crashworthy point of view, a conceptual design of the headstock to improve crashworthiness is suggested and evaluated using 1-dimensional collision analysis. The suggested design, which adopts an energy absorber and a crashworthy headstock, shows a good behaviour on the accident scenario of SNCF (collision at 110 km/h against a movable rigid mass of 15 ton).

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.361-368
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• 1998

Described in this paper is the result of a study on collision analysis of TGV-K using 1-dimensional model for crashworthy design. Crashworthy design of the front end is very important because majority of the impact energy (more than 70%) is absorbed by the crush of the front end when the train is collided with an obstacle like a tank lorry. Guideline for the crashworthy design can be described from the collision analysis of the whole train using a 1-dimensional model. Since the headstock of TGV-K is not designed in a crashworthy point of view, a conceptual design of the headstock to improve crashworthiness is suggested and evaluated using 1-dimensional collision analysis. The suggested design, which adopts an energy absorber and a crashworthy headstock, shows a good behaviour on the accident scenario of SNCF (collision at 110 km/hr against a movable rigid mass of 15 ton).

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.519-525
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• 1999

This paper describes a crashworthy design for the front structure of KHST (Korean High Speed Train) under the SNCF accident scenario (collision against a movable rigid mass of IS tons at 110 km/h). The front structure designed in a new concept shows good behaviours in crashworthy point of view. It collapses in a progressive and well-controlled fashion. To evaluate the design by considering real situations, the power-car is simulated for accidents collided against a dump truck of 15 tons at 110 km/h. The front end structure of it shows a good response on crashworthiness.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.646-651
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• 2004

Crashworthy design of a train is a systematic approach to ensure the safety of passengers and crews in railway transportation for the prescribed accident scenarios. This approach needs new structural arrangements and designs to absorb higher levels of impact energy in a controlled manner and interior designs to minimize passenger injuries. In this paper, crashworthy design approach is applied to the tilting train express (TIX) design which is newly being developed. Based on a head-on collision and a level crossing collision scenarios, the crash behaviors of a TTX design candidate arc evaluated numerically using the finite element method. Finally, design alternatives which show better crashworthy performances are proposed and verified through the full-rake collision simulations.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.8966-8976
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• 2015

Unshielded posts on roadside are a critical hazard to the safety of impact vehicle to the posts. A crashworthy post is developed. In the first phase, it dissipates the impact energy by the linear momentum conservation principle while the plastic impact between the post and vehicle takes place, then, the second phase dissipation follows by the deformation of the energy absorbing modules embedded in the guide trough of the foundation. Simulations of impacts to a rigidly connected post and crashworthy post were made using LS-DYNA program, which demonstrated the danger of unshielded rigidly connected post and the effectiveness of the proposed crashworthy post to the 0.9ton-80km/h impact.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.43-47
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• 2007

Based on experimental impact testing data, due to changing of velocity and mass of the impactor simultaneously under constant impact energy, crashworthiness of polyurethane foam has been observed. Dynamic tests were carried out in an instrumented impact-testing machine. Also, modified Sherwood-Frost model was proposed to investigate the crashworthy behaviour of rigid polyurethane foam under the condition of constant impact energy.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.369-376
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• 1998

For a good crashworthy design of train vehicles, it is essential to develop some design and analysis techniques for energy absorbing structures. This paper analyzes the front structure of TGV-K and suggests crashworthy design of Korea high speed tram(KHST) using the accident scenario of SNCF(collision with a stationary rigid mass in motion of 15 ton at 110km/h). Specifically this research is concentrated on developing a well-designed protective headstocks using mullticell structures wi th cutouts to improve crashworthiness of KHST

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.526-533
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• 1999

Tn this study, the crashworthy design of the full rake of KHST (Korean High Speed Train under development in G7-project) is numerically evaluated using 2-dimensional crash dynamics. The results of KHST are compared with those of TGV-K (TGV for Seoul-Pusan line). KHST shows better crashworthy behaviors after impact. Specifically, impact forces, decelerations and overriding displacements are much reduced in KHST All the design guidelines under SNCF accident scenario (collision against a movable rigid mass of 15 ton at 110 km/h) are satisfied in KHST.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.30-31
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• 2009

Through the full scale ship collision response analysis of high speed passenger ship with underwater floating matters, the objective of this study is to perform the crashworthy safety assessment of its hull and passengers. For this safety assessment, diverse collision scenarios could be established through the thorough understanding of damage mechanisms due to the collision of its hydrofoil system with underwater floating matter examining the damage informations of its hull and passengers from the collision accidents, and through the estimation of the damages of its hull and passenger. The next step, crashworthy safety assessment of its hull and passengers, was carried out by the collision response analyses of high speed passenger ship with underwater floating matter using Fluid-Structure Interaction(FSI) analysis technique of LS-DYNA code in consideration of surrounding water, and using local zooming analysis technique.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.40 no.7
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• pp.601-607
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• 2012

The main function of a landing gear is to absorb the impact energy during touchdown. It it occasionally required for landing gear to have crashworthiness for improving survivability and safety in case of emergency landing. This paper introduces the design concept, performance analysis and drop test procedures for the development of the crashworthy landing gear. The shock absorbing ability and the crash behavior are proved by analyzing various sensor data and video clips from high speed camera recording during drop tests.