COMPRESSION TESTS ON SPACERS AND DEFORMATION ELEMENTS FOR SAFETY FENCES
DRUCKVERSUCHE MIT ABSTANDHALTERN UND DEFORMATIONSELEMENTEN FUER LEITSCHRANKEN
Both spacers and deformation elements are incorporated in safety fences between fence and post, but normally only deformation elements are used between fences and hard objects such as walls, bridge parapets, lighting columns and the like. The first part of the report deals with basic questions related to spacers and deformation elements. In the second part brief details are given of a pipe-shaped deformation element developed at the Swiss federal institute of technology, institute for road and railway construction. This was carefully designed for use with a new bridge safety fence intended for Swiss motorway bridges. The third part deals with the characteristics of all the elements tested in laboratory tests. A selection of the deformation elements and spacers most frequently used in Switzerland was examined. (TRRL)
-
Corporate Authors:
Eth-Zuerich-Iseth
Eth-Hoenggerberg
Zurich, Switzerland -
Authors:
- KLINGLER, M
- Publication Date: 1980-3-31
Language
- German
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; References;
- Pagination: 32 p.
-
Serial:
- Volume: 78
- Issue Number: 12
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridges; Compression; Compression tests; Deformation; Fences; Field tests; Guardrails; Laboratories; Length; Parapets; Poles (Supports); Properties of materials; Safety; Spacing; Tests
- Old TRIS Terms: Spacers
- ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 5532: Compression; 5595: Deformation; 6226: In situ; 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 6488: Length; 3312: Pole; 5925: Properties; 1686: Safety fence; 6255: Test
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Materials; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00335651
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
- Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 22 1981 12:00AM