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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
Newcastle University
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Article title
Investigation of the weld unzipping failure mode during collisions of welded aluminium rail vehicles
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
Article number
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Volume number
222
Issue number
1
First page of article
59
ISSN of journal
2041-3017
Year of publication
2008
Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
This paper develops models of “weld unzipping” failure (brittle fast fracture) of aluminium alloy welds, research prompted by the Ladbroke Grove rail crash. The research formed the basis of two new standards (EN15085, Welding of Railway Vehicles; EN15227, Rail Crashworthiness) that must be implemented for any new aluminium rail vehicles. The paper was awarded the “2008 Safety in Engineering Award” by the IMechE and the “2009 Sir Alfred Rosling Bennett / Charles S Lake Award” by the Railway Division of the IMechE. The work was funded by the EC (ALJOIN, 00829) and the UK Rail Safety and Standards Board.
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
C - Design, Manufacture and Materials
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