Factual evidence from locomotive event data recorders (EDR), locomotive image data recorders, accident site surveys, witness marks, rail equipment, track structure, photographs, video cameras, AEI readers, hot wheel or hot bearing detectors, wayside signal bungalows, train consist documents, and radio communication is integrated, validated, and visualized in a three-dimensional model environment. The goal is to build a physics-based, data-driven model of train position as a function of time to enhance the documentation, investigation, understanding, and analysis of in-service train derailments. Methods to construct, validate, and interrogate time-accurate, interactive visualizations of train movements for partial and complete train consists are discussed and demonstrated. In-service freight train derailments that occurred in Hoxie, Arkansas (offset frontal collision between opposing freight trains), Casselton, North Dakota (unit grain train derailment with car fouling opposing mainline track and subsequent crude oil unit train head-on collision), and Graettinger, Iowa (unit ethanol train derailment) are used to illustrate the accident reconstruction method. Similar vehicle path reconstructions for recent highway, aviation, and marine investigations are also presented.
Skip Nav Destination
2018 Joint Rail Conference
April 18–20, 2018
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Rail Transportation Division
ISBN:
978-0-7918-5097-8
PROCEEDINGS PAPER
Accident/Incident Reconstruction and Visualization Available to Purchase
Kevin J. Renze
Kevin J. Renze
National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, DC
Search for other works by this author on:
Kevin J. Renze
National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, DC
Paper No:
JRC2018-6265, V001T02A015; 14 pages
Published Online:
June 14, 2018
Citation
Renze, KJ. "Accident/Incident Reconstruction and Visualization." Proceedings of the 2018 Joint Rail Conference. 2018 Joint Rail Conference. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. April 18–20, 2018. V001T02A015. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2018-6265
Download citation file:
25
Views
Related Proceedings Papers
Related Articles
Lateral Oscillations of Rail Vehicles
Trans. ASME (November,1935)
Rail Passenger Vehicle Crashworthiness Simulations Using Multibody Dynamics Approaches
J. Comput. Nonlinear Dynam (July,2017)
Effect of the Wheel Geometric Design on the Nonlinear Dynamics of Railroad Vehicles
J. Mech. Des (September,2006)
Related Chapters
Compromise between Tensile and Fatigue Strength
New Advanced High Strength Steels: Optimizing Properties
Reactor Shutdown and Reactor Restart
Fundamentals of CANDU Reactor Physics
Highway Overloaded Freight Vehicle Automatic Detection Networking Governance System
International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering (ICSTE 2012)