REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GUARD RAIL

THE COMMITTEE REPORT REVIEWS THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUARD RAILS FROM THE EARLY PERIODS WHEN STONE OR WOOD WAS THE MATERIAL, TO THE PRESENT WHEN A LARGE NUMBER OF TYPES ARE IN USE. IT POINTS OUT THAT THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF GUARD RAIL CABLE HAS BEEN TRIPLED SINCE 1919. STANDARDIZATION OF GUARD RAIL INSOFAR AS INTERCHANGEABILITY OF PARTS IS CONCERNED IS RECOMMENDED. SUCH STANDARDIZATION OF PARTS WOULD LEAD TO SIMPLER MAINTENANCE BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF REPLACEMENT PARTS CARRIED IN STOCK AND ADMIT OF MORE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/19/19-055.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 19, pp 129-130. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Rahn, G A
• Publication Date: 1940

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 5-8, 1939
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 19
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Guardrails; Tensile strength
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203537
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 3 1971 12:00AM