SCALE-MODEL TEST OF AN ENERGY-ABSORBING BARRIER
A SCALE-MODEL TEST OF THE "TEXAS BARREL BARRIER" WAS CONDUCTED TO DEMONSTRATE THE GREAT UTILITY OF SCALE MODELING IN THE STUDY OF ENERGY-ABSORBING HIGHWAY BARRIERS. THIS BARRIER CONSISTS OF AN ARRAY OF EMPTY 55-GAL DRUMS ATTACHED TOGETHER AND FASTENED IN PLACE SO THAT ENERGY FROM AN IMPACTING AUTOMOBILE IS ABSORBED IN THE PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF THE DRUMS. THE RESULTS OF THIS TEST WERE FOUND TO AGREE VERY WELL WITH RESULTS FROM A FULL-SCALE TEST THAT WAS MODELED. THE MODELING TECHNIQUES ARE PRESENTED, AND THE SIMILITUDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCALE MODELING OF THE CAR AND THE BARRIER ARE DEVELOPED. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Sponsored by Committee on Traffic Safety Barriers and Sign, Signal and Lighting Supports and presented at the 50th Annual Meeting. 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
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Authors:
- Fay, Richard J
- Wittrock, Edward P
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Conference:
- 50th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Date: 1971-1-18 to 1971-1-22
- Publication Date: 1971
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 75-82
- Monograph Title: Design of traffic safety barriers
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 343
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Barriers (Roads); Deformation; Energy absorption; Highways; Impacts; Scale models; Testing
- Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00203550
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jul 25 1971 12:00AM