Transport of DE-LIGHT: The Design and Prototyping of a Lightweight Crashworthy Rail Vehicle Driver's Cab

Mark Robinson, Joe Carruthers, Conor O'Neill, Stephen Ingleton, Marzio Grasso

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Abstract

    This paper describes the design, validation and prototyping of a lightweight crashworthy rail vehicle driver's cab using advanced composite sandwich materials. By exploiting the lightweighting, energy absorption and design integration benefits of composites, an innovative modular cab structure was developed that provides significant savings in mass, cost and part count compared to conventional cab designs
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)672-681
    Number of pages10
    JournalProcedia-Social and Behavioral Scineces
    Volume48
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Transport of DE-LIGHT: The Design and Prototyping of a Lightweight Crashworthy Rail Vehicle Driver's Cab'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this