RESULTS OF FULL-SCALE TESTS ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION BOX-BEAM MEDIAN BARRIER

TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON THE ALUMINUM MEDIAN BARRIERS AT FINGAL, ONTARIO, FOR THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. A CHEVROLET IMPACTED THE RAIL AT 60 MPH AND A 25 DEGREE ANGLE. THE CAR WAS NOT REDIRECTED, SNAGGED AND IMPOSED HIGH DECELERATION. GOOD BEAM STRENGTH WAS DEMONSTRATED BUT SNAGGING AT POSTS WAS UNDESIRABLE. AN IMPROVED RAIL POST CONNECTION WAS DEVELOPED AND TESTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. A FORD CAR IMPACTED THIS RAIL AT 50 MPH AND A 25 DEGREE ANGLE. SEVEN POSTS WERE TESTED WITH NO SNAGGING, AND A MAXIMUM DEFLECTION OF RAIL OF ONLY 3 FT. /BPR/

• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1968-3-28

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum; Automobiles; Box beams; Crash tests; Crashes; Median barriers; Specimens; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Full scale specimens
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215879
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Report/Paper Numbers: Hpr-15-3
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 24 1994 12:00AM