IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF SMALL SIGN SUPPORTS. FINAL REPORT

The project was conducted to evaluate the effects of impacts with small sign supports on 1800 lb class vehicles and to select a vehicle design and develop a test methodology for future evaluation of small sign support designs. A series of impact tests was conducted to acquire vehicle and occupant response data; impacts into present small sign support designs and into an instrumented rigid pole were included. The report includes the following separately bound volumes: Volume I - Body of the report; Volume II - Vehicle selection data; Volume III - Inertia measurement data and suspension system data; Volumes IV through XV - Full scale impact test reports.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mobility Systems and Equipment Company

  6151 West Century Boulevard, Suite 912
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90045

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Carlson, L E
  • Leonard, P
• Publication Date: 1985-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 241 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Design; Occupant dynamics; Performance evaluations; Sign supports; Test procedures; Test vehicles; Vehicle dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicle responses
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490540
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/RD-86/072, R0131-F
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-80-C-00170
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1990 12:00AM