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Crippling Test Of An M1 Passenger Railcar

Occupied volume integrity (OVI) refers to a passenger railcar’s ability to preserve interior cabin space for passengers and crew during an accident. By preventing or minimizing structural deformation of, or intrusions into the rail vehicle's interior, passengers are better able to withstand,...

Track Profile Approximation Using Railcar Body Acceleration Data

Accelerations are frequently measured from the car body of a rail vehicle, which is mounted above one or more suspension systems. Measuring accelerations in the car body is largely done for convenience, as mounting an accelerometer to a truck or axle of a railcar is more cumbersome than simply...