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Rail Equipment Crashworthiness Research Publications and PapersPlease Note: These documents are available as Adobe Portable Document Files (PDF). To view them, your browser must be properly configured with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Visit Adobe's HELP Site for more information. 2007Carolan, M., Perlman, A.B., Tyrell, D., "Performance Efficiency of a Crash Energy Management System," Proceedings of the 2007 ASME/IEEE Joint Rail Conference & Internal Combustion Engine Spring Technical Conference, JRCICE2007-40064, March 2007. Mayville, R., Rancatore, R., Stringfellow, R., and Amar, G., “Repair of Budd Pioneer Coach Car Crush Zones.” U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-07/18, May 2007. Priante, M., Martinez, E., "Crash Energy Management Crush Zone Designs: Features, Functions, and Forms," Proceedings of the 2007 ASME/IEEE Joint Rail Conference & Internal Combustion Engine Spring Technical Conference, JRCICE2007-40051, March 2007. Stringfellow, R., Llana, P., "Detailed Modeling of the Train-to-Train Impact Test: Rail Passenger Equipment Impact Tests.” U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-07/20, July 2007. Tyrell, D., Martinez, E., Jacobsen, K., and Perlman, A. B., “Passenger Cab Car Grade Crossing Impact Test Report.” U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-07/24, October 2007. 2006Jacobsen, K., Severson, K., Perlman, A.B., "Effectiveness of Alternative Rail Passenger Equipment Crashworthiness Strategies," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. JRC2006-94043, April 2006. Martinez , E., Zolock, J., Tyrell, D., “Crush Analysis of Multi-Level Equipment,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2006-13214, November 2006. View animation of analysis: Mayville, R., Stringfellow, R., and Martinez, E., “Development of Conventional Passenger Cab Car End Structure Designs for Full Scale Testing.” U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-06/20, December 2006. Office of Safety and Office of Railroad Development, Federal Railroad Administration, “Report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees: The Safety of Push-Pull and Multiple-Unit Locomotive Passenger Rail Operations,” June 2006. Priante, M., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B., “A Collision Dynamics Model of a Multi-Level Train,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2006-13537, November 2006. View animation of analysis: Severson, K., Parent, D., “Train-to-Train Impact Test of Crash Energy Management Passenger Rail Equipment: Occupant Experiments,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2006-14420, November 2006. View test video: Tyrell, D., Jacobsen, K., Martinez, E., “A Train-to-Train Impact Test of Crash Energy Management Passenger Rail Equipment: Structural Results,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2006-13597, November 2006. View test video: Tyrell, D., Martinez, E., “A Train-to-Train Impact Test of Crash Energy Management Passenger Rail Equipment,” 6th International Symposium on the Passive Safety of Rail Vehicles, Berlin, Germany, December 2006. View test video: Tyrell, D., Martinez, E., Jacobsen, K., Parent, D., Severson, K., Priante, M., Perlman, A.B., "Overview of a Crash Energy Management Specification for Passenger Rail Equipment," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. JRC2006-94044, April 2006. Tyrell., D., Tsai., T., “Improved Crashworthiness of Rail Passenger Equipment in the United States,” World Congress on Railway Research, Montreal, Canada, June, 2006. 2005Cothen, G., Schulte, C., Horn, J., Tyrell, D., "Consensus Rulemaking at the Federal Railroad Administration," TR News, Transportation Research Board, Number 236, January-February 2005. Martinez, E., Tyrell, D., Rancatore, R., Stringfellow, R., Amar, G., "A Crush Zone Design for An Existing Passenger Rail Cab Car," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2005-82769, November 2005. View animation of analysis: Martinez, E., Tyrell, D., Zolock, J. Brassard, J., "Review of Severe Deformation Recommended Practice Through Analyses - Comparison of Two Cab Car End Frame Designs," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2005-70043, March 2005. Parent, D., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B., "Evaluating Abdominal Injury in Workstation Table Impacts," Compendium of Papers, 84th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January 2005. View analysis and test video: Parent, D., Tyrell, D., Rancatore, R., Perlman, A.B., "Design of a Workstation Table with Improved Crashworthiness Performance," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2005-82779, November 2005. View animation of analysis: Priante, M., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B., 'The Influence of Train Type, Car Weight, and Train Length on Passenger Train Crashworthiness," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2005-70042, March 2005. Severson, K., Tyrell, D., Rancatore, R., "Crashworthiness Requirements for Commuter Rail Passenger Seats," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2005-82643, November 2005. Tyrell, D. Jacobsen, K., Parent., D., Perlman, A.B., "Preparations for a Train-to-Train Impact Test of Crash-Energy Management Passenger Rail Equipment," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2005-70045, March 2005. View analysis and test video: 2004Jacobsen, K., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B., "Impact Tests of Crash Energy Management Passenger Rail Cars: Analysis and Structural Measurements," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2004-61252, November 2004. View analysis and test video: Jacobsen, K., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B. , "Impact Test of a Crash-Energy Management Passenger Rail Car," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. RTD2004-66045, April 2004. View analysis and test video: Martinez, E., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B. , "Development of Crash Energy Management Designs for Existing Passenger Rail Vehicles," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2004-61601, November 2004. View droptower test video: Parent, D., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B., "Crashworthiness Analysis of the Placentia, CA Rail Collision," Proceedings of ICrash 2004, International Crashworthiness Conference, San Francisco, California, July 14-16, 2004. View interior analysis and test video: Rancatore, R., Mayville, R., Baldwin, M., "Fullscale Two-Car Impact Test: Comparison of Measured and Model Results," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. RTD2004-66032, April 2004. Severson, K., Parent, D., Tyrell, D., "Two-Car Impact Test of Crash Energy Management Passenger Rail Cars: Analysis of Occupant Protection Measurements," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2004-61249, November 2004. View interior experiments video: Stringfellow, R., Rancatore, R., Llana, P., Mayville, R., "Analysis of Colliding Vehicle Interactions for the Passenger Rail Train-to-Train Impact Test," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. RTD2004-66037, April 2004. View analysis and test video: 2003Jacobsen, K., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B. , "Rail-Car Impact Tests with Steel Coil: Collision Dynamics," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. JRC2003-1655, April 2003. MacNeill, R., and Kirkpatrick, S., “Documentation of Deformation from Passenger Rail Two-Car Impact Test.” U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-03-08, November 2003 Martinez, E., Tyrell, D., Zolock, J., "Rail-Car Impact Tests with Steel Coil: Car Crush," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. JRC2003-1656, April 2003. Mayville, R., Stringfellow, R., Johnson, K., Landrum, S., "Crashworthiness Design Modifications for Locomotive and Cab Car Anticlimbing Systems," US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-03/05, February 2003. Mayville, R., Stringfellow, R., Johnson, K., Tyrell, D., "Rail Vehicle Car Cab Collision and Corner Post Designs According to APTA S-034 Requirements," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. MECE2003-44114, November 2003. Mayville, Stringfellow, R., R., Johnson, K., Tyrell, D., "The Development of a Rail Passenger Coach Car Crush Zone," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. JRC2003-1653, April 2003. Severson, K., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B. , "Analysis of Collision Safety Associated with Conventional and Crash Energy Management Cars Mixed Within a Consist," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2003-44122, November 2003. Severson, K., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B., "Collision Safety Comparison of Conventional and Crash Energy Management Passenger Rail Car Designs," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. JRC2003-1657, April 2003. Tyrell, D.C., Perlman, A.B., "Evaluation of Rail Passenger Equipment Crashworthiness Strategies," Transportation Research Record No. 1825, pp. 8-14, National Academy Press, 2003. Tyrell, D., Tsai, N.T., "An Overview of Passenger Equipment Full-Scale Impact Tests," October 7, 2003. Tyrell, D., "Passenger Rail Train-to-Train Impact Test Volume I: Overview and Selected Results," US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-03/17.I, July 2003. VanIngen-Dunn, C., "Commuter Rail Seat Testing and Analysis of Facing Seats," US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-03/06, December 2003. VanIngen-Dunn, C., "Passenger Rail Train-to-Train Impact Test Volume II: Summary of Occupant Protection Program," US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-03/17.II, July 2003. Zolock, J., Tyrell, D., "Locomotive Cab Occupant Protection," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2003-44121, November 2003. 2002Kirkpatrick, S., MacNeil, R., "Development of a Computer Model for Prediction of Collision Response of a Railroad Passenger Car," Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Catalog Number CH37356-TBR, 2002. MacNeil, R., Kirkpatrick, S., "Vehicle Postmortem and Data Analysis of a Passenger Rail Car Collision Test," Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Catalog Number CH37356-TBR, 2002. Mayville, R., Johnson, K., Tyrell, D., "Development of a Rail Passenger Coach Car Crush-Zone," Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on the Passive Safety of Rail Vehicles, Berlin, March 21-22, 2002. Tyrell, D., Severson, K., Perlman, A.B., Rancatore, R., "Train-to-Train Impact Test: Analysis of Structural Measurements," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2002-33247, November 2002. Tyrell, D., Severson, K., Zolock, J., Perlman, A.B., "Passenger Rail Two-Car Impact Test Volume I: Overview and Selected Results," US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-01/22.I, January 2002. Tyrell, D., Tsai, T., "Passenger Rail Equipment Research in the U.S.," Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on the Passive Safety of Rail Vehicles, Berlin, March 21-22, 2002. Tyrell, D., Zolock, J. VannIngen-Dunn, C., R., "Train-to-Train Impact Test: Occupant Protection Experiments," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper No. IMECE2002-39611, November 2002. Tyrell, D., "Rail Passenger Equipment Accidents and the Evaluation of Crashworthiness Strategies," Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Proceedings Part F, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, August 2002. Tyrell, D., "U.S. Rail Equipment Crashworthiness Standards," Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Proceedings Part F, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, August 2002. VanIngen-Dunn, C., Manning, J., "Commuter Rail Seat Testing and Analysis," US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-01/06, July 2002. VanIngen-Dunn, C., "Passenger Rail Two-Car Impact Test Volume II: Summary of Occupant Protection Program," US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-01/22.II, January 2002. 2001Tyrell, D., Severson, K., Perlman, A.B., "An Overview of Passenger Equipment Fullscale Impact Tests: Results to Date," World Congress on Railway Research, Cologne, Germany, November 2001. Tyrell, D., "Rail Passenger Equipment Accidents and the Evaluation of Crashworthiness Strategies," presented at 'What can We Realistically Expect from Crashworthiness?' Rail Equipment Crashworthiness Symposium, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, May 2, 2001, London, England. Tyrell, D., "U.S. Rail Equipment Crashworthiness Standards," presented at 'What can We Realistically Expect from Crashworthiness?' Rail Equipment Crashworthiness Symposium, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, May 2, 2001, London, England. 2000Martinez, E., Tyrell, D., "Alternative Analyses of Locomotive Structural Designs for Crashworthiness," Rail Transportation, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, RTD-Vol. 19, 2000. Severson, K., Tyrell, D., Perlman, A.B., "Rail Passenger Equipment Collision Tests: Analysis of Structural Measurements," Rail Transportation, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, RTD-Vol. 19, 2000. Severson, K., "Development of Collision Dynamics Models to Estimate the Results of Full-scale Rail Vehicle Impact Tests," Tufts University Master's Thesis, November 2000. Tyrell, D., Severson, K., Perlman, A.B., Brickle, B., VanIngen-Dunn, C., "Rail Passenger Equipment Crashworthiness Testing Requirements and Implementation," Rail Transportation, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, RTD-Vol. 19, 2000. Tyrell, D., Severson, K., Perlman, A.B., "Single Passenger Rail Car Impact Test Volume I: Overview and Selected Results," US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-00/02.1, March 2000. Tyrell, D., Zolock, J., VanIngen-Dunn, C., "Rail Passenger Equipment Collision Tests: Analysis of Occupant Protection Measurements," Rail Transportation, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, RTD-Vol. 19, 2000. VanIngen-Dunn, C., "Single Passenger Rail Car Impact Test Volume II: Summary of Occupant Protection Program," US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-00/02.2, March 2000. 1999Mayville, R.A., Hammond, R.P., Johnson, K.N., "Static and Dynamic Crush Testing and Analysis of a Rail Vehicle Corner Structural Element," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, AMD Vol. 237/BED Vol. 45, 1999. Mayville, R.A., Rancatore, R.J., Tegler, L., "Investigation and Simulation of Lateral Buckling in Trains," Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Catalog Number 99CH36340, 1999. Mayville, R.A., Stringfellow, R.G., Rancatore, "Development of a Passenger Rail Vehicle Crush Zone," Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Catalog Number 99CH36340, 1999. Stringfellow, R.G., Mayville, R.A., Rancatore, "A Numerical Evaluation of Protection Strategies for Railroad Cab Car Crashworthiness," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, AMD Vol. 237/BED Vol. 45, 1999. Tyrell, D.C., Martinez, E.E., Wierzbicki, T., "Crashworthiness Studies of Locomotive Wide Nose Short Hood Designs," Crashworthiness, Occupant Protection and Biomechanics in Transportation Systems, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, AMD Vol. 237/BED Vol. 45, 1999. Tyrell, D., Severson, K., Marquis, B., Martinez, E., Mayville, R., Rancatore, R., Stringfellow, R., Hammond, R., Perlman, A.B., "Locomotive Crashworthiness Design Modifications Study," Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Catalog Number 99CH36340, 1999. Tyrell, D., Severson, K., Marquis, B., Perlman, A.B., "Simulation of an Oblique Collision of a Locomotive and an Intermodal Container," Crashworthiness, Occupant Protection and Biomechanics in Transportation Systems, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, AMD Vol. 237/BED Vol. 45, 1999. 1998Tyrell, D.C., A Rubin, editors, "Proceedings of the Symposium on Rail Vehicle Crashworthiness, June 1996", US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-97/08, 1998. Tyrell, D.C., Severson, K.J., Marquis, B.J., "Crashworthiness of Passenger Trains", US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-97/10, 1998. 1997Tyrell, D.C., Severson, K.J., Mayville, R.A., Stringfellow, R.G., Berry, S., Perlman, A.B., "Evaluation of Cab Car Crashworthiness Design Modifications," Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE/ ASME Joint Railroad Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Catalog Number 97CH36047, 1997. 1996Mayville, R.A.,Stringfellow, R.G., Rancatore, R.J., Hosmer, T.P., "Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volumes 5: Cab Car Crashworthiness Report" DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.5, 1996. Tyrell, D., Severson, K.J., "Crashworthiness Testing of Amtrak's Traditional Coach Seat", US Department of Transportation, DOT/FRA/ORD-96/08, October 1996. 1995Mayville, R.A.,Stringfellow, R.G., Rancatore, R.J., Hosmer, T.P., "Locomotive Crashworthiness Research: Executive Summary" DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08, 1995. Mayville, R.A.,Stringfellow, R.G., Rancatore, R.J., Hosmer, T.P., "Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volume 1: Model Development and Validation" DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.1, 1995. Mayville, R.A.,Stringfellow, R.G., Rancatore, R.J., Hosmer, T.P., "Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volume 2: Design Concept Generation and Evaluation" DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.2, 1995. Mayville, R.A.,Stringfellow, R.G., Rancatore, R.J., Hosmer, T.P., "Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volumes 3: Review and Discussion of Freight Locomotive Crashworthiness Concepts" DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.3, 1995. Mayville, R.A.,Stringfellow, R.G., Rancatore, R.J., Hosmer, T.P., "Locomotive Crashworthiness Research, Volumes 4: Additional Freight Locomotive Calculations " DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.4, 1995. Tyrell, D.C., Severson, K.J., Marquis, B.J., "Analysis of Occupant Protection Strategies in Train Collisions," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, AMD-Vol. 210, BED-Vol. 30, pp. 539-557, 1995. Tyrell, D.C., Severson, K.J., Marquis, B.J., "Evaluation of Selected Crashworthiness Strategies for Passenger Trains," Transportation Research Record No. 1489, pp. 50-58, National Academy Press, 1995. Tyrell, D.C., Severson, K.J., Marquis, B.J., "Train Crashworthiness Design for Occupant Survivability," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, AMD-Vol. 210, BED-Vol. 30, pp. 59-74, 1995. 1993Bing, A., "Collision Avoidance and Accident Survivability, Volume 1: Collision Threat" DOT/FRA/ORD-93-02.I, FRA, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993. Bing, A., "Collision Avoidance and Accident Survivability, Volume 4: Proposed Specifications" DOT/FRA/ORD-93-02.IV, FRA, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993. Galganski, R.A., "Collision Avoidance and Accident Survivability, Volume 3: Accident Survivability" DOT/FRA/ORD-93-02.III, FRA, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993. Harrison, J., "Collision Avoidance and Accident Survivability, Volume 2: Collision Avoidance" DOT/FRA/ORD-93-02.I, FRA, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993. |
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