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Prototype Design of a Collision Protection System for Cab Car Engineers

Document Series
Technical Reports
Author
Anand Prabhakaran, Som P. Singh, and Anand R. Vithani
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-13/15
Office
RPD
Subject Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment
Keywords
Crashworthiness, cab console, secondary impact protection, airbags, energy absorption, crushable knee bolster, quasi-static testing, crash energy management, injury indices, finite element analysis
TR_Prototype Design Protection System for Cab Car Engineers_20130321_final.pdf

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Last updated: Friday, March 22, 2013