WARRANTS FOR GUARDRAILS ON EMBANKMENTS

THE HIGHWAY-VEHICLE-OBJECT SIMULATION MODEL, A COMPUTER MODEL THAT DECRIBES AN AUTOMOBILE AND IS CAPABLE OF PREDICITING THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF THE AUTOMOBILE TRAVERSING SELECTED TERRAIN, WAS USED TO STUDY THE BEHAVIOR OF A STANDARD-SIZED AUTOMOBILE TRAVERSING EMBANKMENTS SIDE SLOPES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND DEPARTURE ANGLES. THE ACCELERATIONS OBTAINED WERE USED TO COMPUTE A SEVERITY INDEX THAT WAS THEN COMPARED WITH A SIMILARLY COMPUTED SEVERITY INDEX (FROM ACTUAL CRASH DATA) OF A VEHICLE IMPACTING A W-BEAM GUARDRAIL WITH POSTS ON 61/4-FT SPACING. AN EQUAL-SEVERITY CURVE WAS THEN DEVELOPED THAT CAN BE USED AS A GUARDRAIL INSTALLATION CRITERION. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1973/460/460-010.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Committee on Traffic Safety Barriers and Sign, Signal and Lighting Supports. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Ross Jr, Hayes E
  • Post, Edward R
  • Nixon, John F
  • Hustace, David
  • Kristaponis, Edward V
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 85-96
• Monograph Title: Traffic safety barriers and lighting supports
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 460
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Crashes; Dynamic loads; Embankments; Guardrail terminals; Highways; Index tests; Information processing; Injury severity; Installation; Mathematical models; Simulation; Vehicles; Warrants (Traffic control devices)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria; Dynamic response; Models; Severity
• Old TRIS Terms: Guardrail warrants; Index properties
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203870
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM