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Formulating a Strategy for Securing High-Speed Rail in the United States, Research Report 12-03 [PDF]
, 2013 This report presents an analysis of information relating to attacks, attempted attacks, and plots against high-speed rail (HSR) systems. It draws upon empirical data from MTI’s Database of Terrorist and Serious Criminal Attacks Against Public Surface ...
Butterworth, Bruce R. +3 more
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Advances in Mechanical EngineeringCarbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) thin-walled structures have been widely acknowledged as superior energy absorbers due to comprehensive advantages on crashworthiness and light weight.
Feng Xiong +5 more
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Latin American Journal of Solids and StructuresCrashworthiness is one of the main concerns in civil aviation safety particularly with regard to the increasing ratio of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) in aircraft primary structures.
H.L. Mou, T.C. Zou, Z.Y. Feng, J. Xie
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BrodogradnjaThis study focuses on the crashworthiness performance due to collision accidents on stiffened plate panels on ship structures. Numerical impact simulation using explicit dynamic with ANSYS software on the stiffened plate with quasi-static loading is ...
Brilliant Aditya Fhandy +6 more
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Modelling and Simulation in High-Fidelity Crash Analysis of NGCTR-TD Composite Wing
AerospaceThis paper presents a methodology that involves the development of high-fidelity modeling and simulation procedures aimed at supporting virtual certification for crashworthiness requirements specific to tiltrotor aircraft, addressing the critical need ...
Luigi Di Palma +3 more
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Impact dynamics research on composite transport structures [PDF]
, 1984 The experimental and analytical efforts being undertaken to investigate the response of composite and aluminum structures under crash loading conditions were reviewed. A Boeing 720 airplane was used in the controlled-impact demonstration test.
Carden, H. D.
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Researching on Head Car Crashworthiness of Inter-city EMUs
机车电传动, 2013 With overall design ideas for crashworthy car body, referring to domestic and foreign crashworthiness design specifications and guidelines and combining with a certain inter-city EMUs, finite element models of inter-city EMUs head car collision were ...
LEI Cheng, XIAO Shou-ne, LUO Shi-hui
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Experimental and numerical study of the energy absorption capacity of pultruded composite tubes [PDF]
, 2008 A numerical and experimental investigation was carried out in order to evaluate the response of composite tubes, made of poly-vinylester or polyester matrix reinforced unidirectionally with glass fibers, under quasistatic loading.
De Wolf, Kathleen +6 more
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Recent advances in approximation concepts for optimum structural design [PDF]
The basic approximation concepts used in structural optimization are reviewed. Some of the most recent developments in that area since the introduction of the concept in the mid-seventies are discussed. The paper distinguishes between local, medium-range,
Barthelemy, Jean-Francois M. +1 more
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Composite materials for rail transit systems [PDF]
The potential is explored for using composite materials in urban mass transit systems. The emphasis was to identify specific advantages of composite materials in order to determine their actual and potential usage for carbody and guideway structure ...
Griffin, O. Hayden, Jr. +2 more
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