CONSTRUCTION OF FRANGIBLE-TUBE, ENERGY-ABSORBING BRIDGE BARRIER SYSTEM
The Connecticut Department of Transportation in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration installed a frangible-tube, energy-absorbing bridge barrier system. The experimental barrier absorbs the impact forces of a colliding vehicle by using fragmenting aluminum tubes. This paper details the construction of the experimental barrier on a Connecticut bridge having concrete parapet walls. /Author/
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Authors:
- Kasinskas, Michael M
- Dougan, Charles E
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Conference:
- 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia
- Date: 1975-1-13 to 1975-1-17
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 65-68
- Monograph Title: Vehicle barrier systems
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 566
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aluminum; Bridge design; Bridges; Concrete; Construction; Crashes; Energy balance; Impacts; Parapets; Structural design; Traffic barriers; Tubing; Vehicles
- Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers; Fragmentation
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00139250
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309024765
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Sep 4 1976 12:00AM