Train Wreck

The Forensics of Rail Disasters

AvGeorge Bibel

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Trains are massive - with some weighing 15,000 tons or more. When these metal monsters collide or go off the rails, their destructive power becomes clear. In this book, George Bibel presents riveting tales of trains gone wrong, the detective work of finding out why, and the safety improvements that were born of tragedy. "Train Wreck" details 17 crashes in which more than 200 people were killed. Readers follow investigators as they sift through the rubble and work with computerized event recorders to figure out what happened. Using a mix of eyewitness accounts and scientific explanations, Bibel draws us into a world of forensics and human drama. "Train Wreck" is a fascinating exploration of: runaway trains; bearing failures; metal fatigue; crash testing; collision dynamics; and, bad rails.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-12-27
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt:703 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9781421405902

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George Bibel is a professor in the School of Engineering and Mines at the University of North Dakota and author of Beyond the Black Box: The Forensics of Airplane Crashes, also published by Johns Hopkins.

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Investigations of 17 accidents help show why trains crash and what those incidents can teach. Science News ... an interesting read to be recommended to anyone who travels by train. Today's Railways UK Fascinating. Sn3 Modeler I would use this book in a high school science class and the book could be used as a supplement in a history class and in a math class. Actually the information presented involves science, technology, engineering, and math; it is a real world way of addressing STEM. -- Marilyn Cook National Science Teachers Association Bibel takes us on a journey from the fundamentals as to why trains crash, the trends through the history of railroads, through to scenarios resulting in crashes and cites many specific such cases. His approach allows the reader to immerse themselves as if they were on the accident investigation team, analysing the data from the aftermath and by interrogation of more modern equipment, such as trackside and onboard event recorders -- Tony Lemon IRSE News

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. The Railroad Industry (as Seen through Accidents)Chapter 2. How Trains Crash, Then and NowChapter 3. Moderate-Speed Passenger Train CollisionsChapter 4. Freight Train CollisionsChapter 5. Avoiding CollisionsChapter 6. Positive Train ControlChapter 7. Moving at the Wrong SpeedChapter 8. Bearing FailuresChapter 9. Gravity: It's the LawChapter 10. More Runaways: Brake FailureChapter 11. Broken RailChapter 12. Buckled TrackEpilogue: Safety in the Modern EraNotesReferencesIndex