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Damage Tolerance Analysis of Railroad Tank Cars

Wei Zhao, Michael A. Sutton, Jose Penã, Brenda K. Hattery, Duan Q. Wang, Camden R. Hubbard
Proc. ASME. IMECE2000, Rail Transportation, 37-48, November 5–10, 2000
Paper No: IMECE2000-2135
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2000-2135
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Topics: Damage, Railway tank cars, Tolerance analysis, Stress, Fatigue, Fatigue cracks, Finite element model, Inspection, Neutron diffraction, Residual stresses
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Effects of Coupler Height Mismatch on Tank Car Stub Sills

Anand Prabhakaran, Vinaya Sharma, Jose S. Peña
Proc. ASME. IMECE2000, Rail Transportation, 49-54, November 5–10, 2000
Paper No: IMECE2000-2136
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2000-2136
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Topics: Railway tank cars, Stress, Railroads, Testing, Automobiles, Bracing (Construction), Damage, Failure, Finite element model, Hammers
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Evaluating and Improving Locomotive Crashworthiness Using LS-DYNA

Stephen J. Kokkins, S. Kash Kasturi, Wayne Kong, S. K. John Punwani
Proc. ASME. IMECE2000, Rail Transportation, 55-66, November 5–10, 2000
Paper No: IMECE2000-2137
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2000-2137
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Topics: Crashworthiness, Locomotives, Collisions (Physics), Vehicles, Accidents, Automobiles, Buckling, Containers, Engineering simulation, Finite element analysis