A Study on Crashworhiness Assessment and Improvement of Tilting Train Made of Sandwich Composites

This paper describes the crashworthiness assessment and improvement of tlting train made of sandwich composites. The crashworhiness assessment of tilting train was conducted according to four collision scenarios of the Korean railway safety law. Collision analysis was carried out using explicit finite element analysis code LS-DYNA 3D. The finite element model consists of 3-D finite element model and 1-D equivalent model to save the finite element modeling and calculation time. It found that the crashworthiness analysis results were satisfied with the performance requirements except the crash scenario-2. In order to meet the crashworthiness requirements for crash scenario-2, the stiffness reinforcement for the laminate composite cover and metal frames of cabmask structure were proposed. Consequentially, it has satisfied the requirement for crash scenario-2.

• Hyung-Jin Jang
• Kwang-Bok Shin
• Sung-Ho Han

• Crashworthiness
• collision scenario
• Korean railway safety law
• sandwich composite
• tilting train.

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