DEVELOPMENT OF ACCEPTANCE TEST CRITERIA FOR FRANGIBLE SIGN AND LUMINAIRE SUPPORTS

The frequency and severity of single vehicle ran-off-the-road accidents involving rigid sign and luminaire supports has prompted a Federal Highway Administration research program to evaluate the impact safety performance of these structures. The program features new testing procedures, analytical simulations to predict impact performance, and a new impact test facility using a crushable impact face with a variable mass pendulum.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Chisholm, D B
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 116-120
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceptance tests; Breakaway supports; Crash tests; Forecasting; Lighting columns; Lighting equipment; Luminaires; Simulation; Single vehicle crashes; Test facilities; Test procedures; Testing; Traffic control devices; Traffic crashes; Traffic signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Frangible signs; Highway signs (Signals and markings); Lighting fixtures
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153228
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM