Study on New Crashworthy Buffers in Railway

At the collision time, a lot of energy is generated during a short period of time that causes large deformations in bodies. One of the most important parts of wagon in railway is a buffer which may absorb the energy during an impact. It should be mentioned that normal buffers only absorb the energy...

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Published in:International Journal of Railway Research
Main Authors: Amirsaeed Hosseini, Parisa Hosseini Tehrani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Science & Technology 2015-04-01
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Online Access:http://ijrare.iust.ac.ir/article-1-57-en.pdf