TEST AND EVALUATION OF VEHICLE ARRESTING, ENERGY ABSORBING, AND IMPACT ATTENUATION SYSTEMS

FULL SCALE VEHICLE CRASH TESTS WERE CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE A VARIETY OF VEHICLE ARRESTING, REDIRECTING, ENERGY ABSORBING, AND IMPACT ATTENUATION SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, RESEARCH WORK WAS DONE TO ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF USING STEEL DRUMS, LIGHTWEIGHT CELLULAR CONCRETE, CORRUGATED METAL PIPE, AND CONCRETE PIPE AS ENERGY ABSORBING MATERIALS FOR SUCH VEHICLE IMPACT ATTENUATION SYSTEMS. SEVERAL OF THE VEHICLE IMPACT ATTENUATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPED OR TESTED AND EVALUATED ON THE PROJECT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED ON THE NATION'S HIGHWAYS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 1220 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1971-11-30

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Crashes; Energy absorbing materials; Guardrails; Highway safety; Roadside structures; Testing; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Barrier types; Energy absorbers; Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219769
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 18 1972 12:00AM