THE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF SAFER LUMINAIRE SUPPORTS
WORK THAT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO DEVELOP SAFER LUMINAIRE SUPPORTS IS PRESENTED. THE RESULTS OF 31 FULL-SCALE COLLISION TESTS ARE SUMMARIZED. THESE TESTS ARE GROUPED ACCORDING TO THE BASE CONCEPT EMPLOYED: STEEL AND ALUMINUM FLANGED BASES, STEEL AND ALUMINUM TRANSFORMER BASES, ALUMINUM INSERTS, STEEL PROGRESSIVE SHEAR BASES, NOTCHED BOLTS, AND SLIP BASES. STATISTICS FOR A TOTAL OF 185 LUMINAIRE-SUPPORT ACCIDENTS ARE PRESENTED. THESE DATA AID IN ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BREAKAWAY CONCEPTS IN REDUCING HIGHWAY INJURIES. A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE VEHICLE-LUMINAIRE SUPPORT COLLISION IS USED TO EXTEND THE KNOWLEDGE OF VEHICLE AND SUPPORT RESPONSE NOT COVERED BY FULL-SCALE TESTS. CRITERIA FOR THE DESIGN OF SAFE LUMINAIRE SUPPORTS ARE PRESENTED. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
Highway Research Board (HRB)
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Authors:
- Edwards, Thomas C
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Conference:
- Second Western Summer Meeting
- Location: Salt Lake City Utah, United States
- Date: 1969-8-11 to 1969-8-13
- Publication Date: 1970
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 149-157
- Monograph Title: Highway safety
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Special Report
- Issue Number: 107
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aluminum; Breakaway supports; Crash severity; Crash tests; Crashes; Design; Flanges; Luminaires; Mathematical models; Steel; Structural supports; Testing; Traffic crashes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
- Old TRIS Terms: Supports
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Research;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00209195
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 21 1970 12:00AM