Passenger train emergency systems: development of prototype railEXODUS software for U.S. passenger rail car egress
- Submitting institution
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University of Greenwich
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 12776
- Type
- N - Research report for external body
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- Commissioning body
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Month
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- Year
- 2014
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This work resulted from specific funding from the US Federal Rail Administration that lead to the development of the new railEXODUS variant of the EXODUS software used to assess existing or new rail car designs for evacuation safety. The software has a unique ability to predict passenger evacuation from rail car environments for design analysis and accident analysis involving fire and partially overturned rail cars. The resulting software is currently used by the US FRA Volpe Facility to assess train designs and accidents involving passenger trains (Roland.Regan@dot.gov), it is also used by the SNCF France (guillaume.craveur@sncf.fr).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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