VALIDATION OF A SURROGATE VEHICLE FOR CERTIFICATION TESTING OF COUPLING-MOUNTED LUMINAIRE SUPPORTS. FINAL REPORT

This report contains the results of tests performed to validate the FHWA FOIL bogie vehicle as a surrogate for testing coupling-mounted sign and luminaire supports. The tests were performed at the FOIL located in McLean, Virginia. Vehicle tests using 1979 Volkswagen Rabbits were compared with tests using the FHWA FOIL bogie. The comparisons included in this report are used to show that the FOIL bogie is validated as a surrogate vehicle for testing coupling-mounted luminaire supports.

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68375
• Corporate Authors:

  Analysis Group, Incorporated

  1750 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 200
  Washington, DC  United States  20006

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Hott, C
  • Brown, C
  • Totani, N
  • Hansen, A
• Publication Date: 1989-5

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 82 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Breakaway supports; Couplers; Luminaires; Railcar trucks; Sign supports; Structural supports; Testing; Validation
• Old TRIS Terms: Substitutes; Supports; Test results
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure; I90: Vehicles;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488639
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-88-206, AGI-10100-8, NCP 3A5F-0032
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-88-Z-00003
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM