APPENDIX E — 30 — TABLE 1. TRANSIT CAR ACCIDENT DATA
szmbol Value Egglsnation
g 386 in./sec2 Acceleration due to gravity
W1 54,000 lb Height, leading car, impacting consist
R 54,000 lb Beight, second car, impacting consist
92 52,000 lb Height. third_car, impacting consist
Hf 52,000 lb Weight, fourth car, impacting consist
R 52,000 lb Height, fifth car. impacting consist
W: 52,000 lb Weight, sixth car, impacting consist
W7 54,000 lb Height, seventh car, impacting consist
vs 54,000 lb weight, eighth car, impacting consist
W'l 56,000 lb Height, leading car, impacted consist
W‘Z 56,000 lb Height, second car, impacted consist
“'3 56,000 lb Height, third car, impacted consist
'4 56,000 lb Height, fourth car. impacted consist
W's 56,000 lb weight, fifth car, impacted consist
W's 56,000 lb Height, sixth car, impacted consist
G 56.5 in. Track gage
e 3.5 in. Track superelevation
Y £2 in. Height of c.g., leading car of im—
c pasting consist
8 1h Number of gears stroked, impacting consist
N' 10 Number of gears stroked. impacted consist
X 24,000 lblin.* Draft gear spring censtant
S 1.25 in.* Draft gear stroke
P 5,000 lb* Draft gear spring preload
R 49 in. Anticlimber radius
CY 36,000 psi Anticlimher yield stress
61 3/4 in. Anticlimber deflections, leading cars
62 1/4 in. Anticlimber deflections, remaining cars
V 90,000 lb Shear pin load
d llé in. Shear pin deflection
n 12 Number of sets of pins sheared
B 3.2 mph/sec Braking rate, impacted consist
D 25 it Total movement, impacted consist
- Estimated data
