Abstract
This paper supplements two previous papers written by the authors and addresses three issues arising from those papers. The three issues are follows: (1) the robustness of a crashworthy design in scenarios different from the design conditions, (2) the correlation of structural crashworthiness with passenger safety and (3) behaviour characterisation of vehicle materials in train collisions. The investigation of these issues provides an increased understanding of the research conclusions gained from a number of varied conditions, and targeting the development requirements in these three areas will promote crashworthiness applications in rail vehicles.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 461-470 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit |
Volume | 232 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2018 |
Keywords
- Behaviour sensitivity of train collisions
- Crashworthiness of rail vehicles
- Materials of rail vehicles
- Passenger impact safety
- Robustness of crashworthy designs
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering