FULL-SCALE APPRAISALS OF GUARDRAIL INSTALLATIONS BY CAR IMPACT TESTS

AN EVALUATION OF GUARDRAIL INSTALLATIONS BY CAR IMPACT TESTS IS PRESENTED. THE TESTS CONDUCTED WERE STANDARD SPEED AND HIGH SPEED IMPACT AT AN ANGLE OF 20 DEGREES TO THE GUARDRAIL. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT IF AN AUTOMOBILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, IN THE PASSING LANE OF A FOUR-LANE DUAL HIGHWAY, TURNS ITS STEERING WHEEL RAPIDLY TO THE RIGHT, THE VEHICLE CAN DEVELOP A 20 DEGREE ANGLE WITH A GUARDRAIL LOCATED 10 FT FROM THE PAVEMENT EDGE. INSTALLATION METHODS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF GUARDRAILS WERE TESTED. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE CONCERNING THE DESIGN OF GUARDRAILS AND POSTS.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/38/38-016.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 38, pp 353-355. 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:
  • Lundstrom, L C
  • Skeels, P C
• Publication Date: 1959

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 5-9, 1959
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 38
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash tests; Guardrails; Strength of materials; Structural design
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203571
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 3 1971 12:00AM