A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF IMPACT ATTENUATION OR PROTECTIVE DEVICES FOR FIXED HIGHWAY OBSTACLES

THE RESEARCH DOCUMENTED IN THIS REPORT COMPRISED A SURVEY OF HUMAN TOLERANCE TO IMPACT TOGETHER WITH MATERIALS OR DEVICES WHICH MIGHT ACT TO KEEP COLLISION FORCES ON A RESTRAINED AUTOMOBILE OCCUPANT WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. A THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT WAS MADE OF THE ENERGY, FORCES DECELERATION RATES AND STOPPING DISTANCES INVOLVED TO DEFINE AN IDEALIZED PROTECTIVE SYSTEM. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE MATERIALS AND DEVICES TO FIT SUCH AN IDEALIZED SYSTEM, VARIOUS PRACTICAL ASSEMBLIES OF SUITABLE ELEMENTS WERE PROPOSED FOR FUTHER INVESTIGATION THROUGH FULL-SCALE CRASH TESTS. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr-2/104/, BPR-CPR-11-3350
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M University, College Station

  College Station, TX  United States  77840
• Authors:
  • Weiner, P D
  • Olson, R M
• Publication Date: 1967-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Constraints; Crash tests; Crashes; Deceleration; Energy; Human factors; Stopping distances; Testing; Theory; Vehicle occupants
• Old TRIS Terms: Deceleration rate; Occupant
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219692
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 21 1994 12:00AM