CRASH TESTING OF A BULLNOSE GUARDRAIL SYSTEM

This research aimed to continue development and evaluation of a bullnose guardrail system that meets the Test Level 3 safety performance criteria provided in National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report Number 350, Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features. Phases I and II of the design process were covered in prior reports. Phase III of the bullnose median barrier development continues the progression of the barrier design through a series of 5 further full-scale crash tests and a parallel simulation effort. Data from these 5 crash tests was collected, analyzed, and documented. Computer simulation of the testing using LS-DYNA was successfully used to analyze and predict the performance of the bullnose design. This report documents the Phase III development, computer simulation modeling, testing, and evaluation of the bullnose terminal concept.

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  3004 Charleton Court
  Waldorf, MD  United States  20602-2527
• Authors:
  • Weinberg, B
  • Faller, Ronald K
  • Sicking, D
  • Holloway, J
  • Reid, J
  • Rohde, J
  • Keller, E
  • Supencheck, L
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 20-40
• Serial:
  • Accident Investigation Quarterly
  • Issue Number: 25
  • Publisher: Accident Reconstruction Journal
  • ISSN: 1082-6521

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Guardrails; Highway engineering; Highway safety; Highway transportation; Median barriers; Traffic simulation
• Identifier Terms: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bullnose guardrail systems
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00920994
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 12 2002 12:00AM