ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERIM STANDARDS FOR BRIDGE RAILS REQUIRED TO CONTAIN HEAVY VEHICLES. VOLUME 4. DEVELOPMENT OF SIMPLIFIED INPUT AND FLEXIBLE CRITERIA CAPABILITIES FOR THE BARRIER VII PROGRAM

The BARRIER VII program, which simulates the impact of vehicles with flexible barriers, was modified in order to simplify the input requirements. The simplified format eliminates the complex modeling required of the user and allows selection of prestored vehicle and barrier data from the program's library. The flexible barriers criteria developed under this contract was automated to enable the user to check the general tendency of a barrier design to safely contain vehicles of various weights.

• Corporate Authors:

  ENSCO, Incorporated

  Transportation and Instrumentation Sciences
  Alexandria, VA  United States  22303

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bloom, J A
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 58 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Barriers (Roads); Bridge railings; Computer programs; Crash tests; Databases; Design; Dynamic loads; Flexibility; Heavy vehicles; Highway bridges; Passenger vehicles; Safety engineering; Simulation; Structural engineering; Traffic safety; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers; Design criteria; Dynamic response
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137429
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-75- 83 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8147
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 16 1977 12:00AM