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Train wreck : the forensics of rail disasters / George Bibel.
Lippincott Library HE1779 .B535 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bibel, G. D. (George D.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroad accidents--Investigation.
- Railroad accidents.
- Physical Description:
- 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Turning to science and eyewitness accounts, Bibel (engineering, U. of North Dakota) examines the reasons trains crash, what happens when they do, and what safety improvements have been implemented from these railroad disasters. Detailing seventeen crashes with more than two hundred casualties, these intriguing tales of science and tragedy explore runaway trains, bearing failures, metal fatigue, crash testing, collision dynamics, and bad rails. The book contains illustrations, an epilogue about safety in the modern era, and extensive notes and is intended for general readers and those interested in engineering. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The railroad industry (as seen through accidents)
- How trains crash, then and now
- Moderate-speed passenger train collisions
- Freight train collisions
- Avoiding collisions
- Positive train control
- Moving at the wrong speed
- Bearing failures
- Gravity: it's the law
- More runaways: brake failure
- Broken rail
- Buckled track
- Epilogue: safety in the modern era.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421405902
- 9781421406527
- 1421405903
- 1421406527
- OCLC:
- 772525796
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