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Evaluating the effect of damping structures in the design of a locomotive cab during a collision

Authors :
V. I. Mironov
I. G. Emel’yanov
A. V. Kuznetsov
Source :
AIP Conference Proceedings.
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Author(s), 2017.

Abstract

When operating a railway rolling stock, one may face a situation that locomotives encounter various obstacles or trains collide with each other, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to create locomotive cab structures that would provide protection for the crew of drivers and cab equipment in such accidents. To absorb the impact energy, installation of various damping structures is provided in the design of a locomotive cab. It is necessary to determine the absorbing capacity of such damping structures at the product design stage, before carrying out full-scale tests. This paper presents the results of calculating the energy-absorbing capacity of damping honeycomb elements for the cab of a GT1h gas turbine locomotive. This does not exclude the operation of some elements of the cab and honeycombs in the region of plastic deformation.

Details

ISSN :
0094243X
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
AIP Conference Proceedings
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........1ed7d2c4cb68d6ff15694c1cec9660dc
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5017359