800,000-Pound Quasi-Static End-Load Test of Crash Energy Management-Equipped Car, Test 1

013611912010Program Manager: Luis MaalPDFTech ReportDOT/FRA/ORD-10/12Load testsRailroad carsRailroad safetyStatic loadsStructural analysisRailroadsVehicles and EquipmentI91: Vehicle Design and SafetyUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and DevelopmentFries, Robert H.Anankitpaiboon, S.Transportation Technology Center, Inc.United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and DevelopmentUS Transportation CollectionThis report summarizes the quasi-static compressive end-load test at 800,000 pounds performed on Budd Pioneer Car 244. The car complies with 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 238.203 because it resisted the test loads with no significant permanent deformations of the body structure. All measured strains were below the yield strains of the materials on which strain gages were installed.78