Identification, test and performance prediction of a novel energy absorbing mechanism for railway vehicles

Regulation requires railway energy absorbers to dissipate the collision energy and to prevent overriding. There is no industrial consensus about which energy absorbing mechanism is the most suitable for the crash conditions present in a collision between railway vehicles. There is scope for improvin...

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Main Author: Moreno, C.
Published: University of Warwick 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.693218