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Publikováno v:
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2675:890-903
Railroads have a strong economic incentive to maximize the length and weight of freight trains. Since the mid-1990s, various technological innovations have facilitated operation of longer and heavier trains, and railroads have made infrastructure inv
Autor:
Di Kang, Jiaxi Zhao, C. Tyler Dick, Xiang Liu, Zheyong Bian, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, Chen-Yu Lin
Publikováno v:
Accident Analysis & Prevention. 181:106950
When transporting hazardous materials by rail, train types (unit train or manifest train) can influence derailment and release risks in several ways. Unit trains only experience risks on mainlines and when arriving at or departing from terminals, whi
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Steven W. Kirkpatrick, Chen-Yu Lin, Leandro Iannacone, Paul Gharzouzi, Todd Treichel, Christopher P.L. Barkan, Paolo Gardoni
Publikováno v:
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. :036119812211375
Over the past 15 years, there has been substantial research performed to improve the safety of tank cars carrying hazardous materials. This has included a series of full-scale tank car impact tests and the development of impact/puncture models capabl
Autor:
Steven W. Kirkpatrick
Publikováno v:
2021 Joint Rail Conference.
Detailed analyses of vehicle and train collisions are a common part of new vehicle design projects. It is relatively simple to describe appropriate collision scenarios for a train and the resulting collision mechanics are reasonably controlled if the
Autor:
Virginia Phan, Anbo Wang, Xiaofang Liu, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, Robert T. Bocchieri, Yanwen Liu
Publikováno v:
2020 Joint Rail Conference.
The LACMTA HR4000 heavy rail vehicle was designed to meet the ASME RT-2 Safety Standard for Structural Requirements for Heavy Rail Transit Vehicles. The crash energy management (CEM) structures designed for this vehicle also provide unique performanc
Autor:
Alexander Zeigle, Yanwen Liu, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, Robert T. Bocchieri, Anbo Wang, Xiaofang Liu
Publikováno v:
2020 Joint Rail Conference.
The ASME RT-2 Safety Standard for Structural Requirements for Heavy Rail Transit Vehicles requires that crashworthiness analyses be performed for two primary collision scenarios. Both scenarios use a moving train colliding into a stopped train in the
Autor:
Robert A MacNeill, Mehdi S. Zarghamee, Robert T. Bocchieri, Omer O. Erbay, Therese P. McAllister, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, John L. Gross, Fahim Sadek, Andrew T. Sarawit
Publikováno v:
Fire Technology. 49:615-642
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted an extensive investigation of the collapse of World Trade Center towers (WTC 1 and WTC 2) and the WTC 7 building. This paper describes the reconstruction of impact damage to each of
Autor:
Fahim Sadek, Mehdi S. Zarghamee, Andrew T. Sarawit, Robert A MacNeill, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, John L. Gross, Omer O. Erbay, Therese P. McAllister
Publikováno v:
Fire Technology. 49:709-739
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted an extensive investigation of the collapse of World Trade Center towers (WTC 1 and WTC 2) and the WTC 7 building. This paper describes the component, subsystem, and global analyses p
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Andrew T. Sarawit, Omer O. Erbay, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, Therese P. McAllister, John L. Gross, Robert A MacNeill, Mehdi S. Zarghamee
Publikováno v:
Journal of Structural Engineering. 138:109-117
This paper presents the structural analysis approach used and results obtained during the investigation conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to model the sequence of fire-induced damage and failures leading to the gl
Publikováno v:
2015 Joint Rail Conference.
The design development and analysis of a novel Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) end-mounted bumper concept is described. The purpose of the bumper is to improve crash compatibility of LRVs with shared right of way road vehicle traffic. Under a grant from the