US rail equipment crashworthiness standards

Evaluation of Passenger Rail Vehicle Crashworthiness

In recent years there has been an increased effort to investigate and improve the crashworthiness of passenger rail vehicles in the United States. The structural crashworthiness requirements for new rail vehicles are changing to include specifications for crash energy management and crush zones rather than primarily specifications of vehicle and component strengths. In addition, the structural ...

Drugs: the third rail of US politics.

In the 2012 US Presidential election, America's health-care policies remain hotly disputed. But the issue of drugs and addiction, formerly a prominent public and health concern, is now largely invisible in national political debates. Its public health importance is overlooked in favour of the continued criminalisation and punishment of drug users. Once the war on drugs was centre stage in natio...

Standards for Networked Equipment and Services

Crashworthiness Analysis and Energy Absorption Enhancement of a Passenger Rail Vehicle

Interests in increasing the trains’ speed of travel, generated higher degrees of wariness about the possible sever accidents. Since, the passenger wagon car body needs to be a safe compartment for its occupants therefore; great attention should be paid on its design.  In this study, a passenger car body that is originally made in Eastern Germany and its chassis are modeled to simulat...

Locomotive Crashworthiness Research

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