DEVELOPMENT OF PASSIVE SAFETY DEVICES OF RAIL PASSENGER COACHES
Abstract
Active safety systems used in rail transport, do not exclude possibility of accidents involving injury and loss of life [1]. In this regard, in design of modern rolling stock there is a need to develop passive safety systems that can reduce the severity of collisions [2,3]. Passenger coaches with devices absorbing kinetic energy of a longitudinal collision, acquire the ability for plastic deformation of the structure and thereby reduce the likelihood of loss at critical loads. The authors propose constructive solutions and calculation of energy consumption of absorbing devices, evaluate their effectiveness on the basis of mathematical modeling results.
About the Authors
V. V. KobischanovRussian Federation
D. Sc. (Eng.), professor, director of Transport Training and Research Institute
D. Ya. Antipin
Russian Federation
Ph. D. (Eng.), Associate Professor, Head of Department of Railway rolling stock
S. G. Shorokhov
Russian Federation
engineer at the department of Railway rolling stock
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Review
For citations:
Kobischanov V.V., Antipin D.Ya., Shorokhov S.G. DEVELOPMENT OF PASSIVE SAFETY DEVICES OF RAIL PASSENGER COACHES. World of Transport and Transportation. 2015;13(2 (57)):220-226.