CRASH SIMULATION FOR IMPROVING HIGHWAY SAFETY HARDWARE: STATUS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been under contract to the Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration's (DOT/FHWA's) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) since early 1992. LLNL's work has focused on assisting TFHRC implement state-of-the-art vehicle crash simulation methodology for use in improving the design and evaluation of highway roadside safety hardware. LLNL's initial work was to assist TFHRC develop a comprehensive planning document that incorporated LLNL's DYNA3D and NIKE3D finite element methodology as the basis for a multi-year program to develop the next generation computational tools for highway roadside design engineers and researchers. Subsequent to the publication of the planning document (1993), LLNL has continued to provide support and guidance as TFHRC progresses toward developing and establishing state-of-the-art finite element technology, using DYNA software, as a crash simulation tool for highway roadside hardware design engineers and researchers. This paper identifies major areas of progress made by TFHRC and areas where progress has been slow, and suggests how, with more focused management, progress could be accelerated even faster and in a more effective manner.

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    • Tokarz, F J
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  • Publication Date: 1996-2

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  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: p. 72-75
  • Monograph Title: ROADSIDE SAFETY ISSUES REVISITED
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  • Accession Number: 00721430
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: May 10 1996 12:00AM