CRASH TESTS OF SHARPLY CURVED LIGHT-POST GUIDERAIL

Cable, W-beam, and box-beam guiderail on S 3x5.7 posts were crash tested on 50- and 100-ft radius curves. Head-on impacts on these sharply curved barriers produced much different results than standard angled impacts on tangent barriers. For the cable and W-beam barriers, deflections were much greater than for standard impacts, but decelerations remained low. For box-beams, deflections increased only slightly, but decelerations were greater. (FHWA)

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• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bryden, J E
  • Hahn, K C
• Publication Date: 1980-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 36 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Box beams; Cables; Crash tests; Crashes; Deflection; Frontal crashes; Guardrails; Median barriers; Posts; Testing
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00335592
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: Res Rpt. 102-1
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/NY/RR-80/83 Intrm Rpt., FCP 41G1-244
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 23 1981 12:00AM