HIGHWAY CENTER BARRIER INVESTIGATIONS PART II MODEL STUDY

THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO SIMULATE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND RIGID CONCRETE BARRIERS WITH SLOPING FACES, THROUGH MATHEMATICAL AND SCALE MODELS. THE 1/8 SCALE MODEL WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE BASIS OF A TYPICAL 1964 LOW-PRICED SEDAN BY GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. TEN RUNS INVOLVING THE SPEEDS OF 20 TO 60 MPH AND STRIKING ANGLE UP TO 15 DEGREES WERE CONDUCTED FOR EACH OF THE TWO TYPES OF BARRIERS. THE PRINCIPAL RESULT WAS A SET OF MOVIE RECORDS OF TEST RUNS. QUALITATIVE AGREEMENT WITH GM TESTS ON A FULL SCALE 1962 CAR WAS CONSIDERED GOOD FOR LOW SPEEDS AND FAIR FOR HIGH SPEEDS. MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION WAS ATTEMPTED, WITH NO REPORTABLE, TANGIBLE RESULTS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, N.J. 4
• Corporate Authors:

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  1035 Parkway Avenue
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625
• Authors:
  • Starrett, J A
  • Ehrlich, R
• Publication Date: 1966-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Concrete structures; Crash tests; Median barriers; Motion pictures; Motor vehicles; Simulation; Stiffness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Model tests; Rigid
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224829
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 1 1994 12:00AM