BARRIER VII: A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EVALUATION OF AUTOMOBILE BARRIER SYSTEMS

THE FEATURES AND USE OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAM BARRIER VII ARE DESCRIBED. THE PROGRAM ANALYZES THE BEHAVIOR OF AN AUTOMOBILE OR OTHER VEHICLE STRIKING A DEFORMABLE PROTECTIVE BARRIER. THE PROGRAM SUPERSEDES THE EARLIER PROGRAMS BARRIER IV AND BARRIER V. THE NEW PROGRAM INCORPORATES FEATURES ABSENT IN THE EARLIER PROGRAMS, IN PARTICULAR AN ENERGY BALANCE COMPUTATION AND THE ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE BARRIERS WITH LAYERS AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS ABOVE THE GROUND. A DETAILED USER'S GUIDE TO THE PROGRAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMPLE DEMONSTRATING IDEALIZATION AND DATA PREPARATION PROCEDURES ARE INCLUDED. /FHWA/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Davis Hall
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1710
• Authors:
  • Powell, G H
• Publication Date: 1973-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Barriers (Roads); Computer programs; Crash injury research; Crashes; Evaluation; Impact studies; Manuals; Methodology; Research
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219792
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-73- 51 Final Rpt., FCP 31F1-024
• Contract Numbers: CPR-11-6059
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 11 1976 12:00AM