MASH TL-3 Transition Between Median Guardrail and Median Concrete Barrier
The purpose of this research was to develop a Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) Test Level 3 (TL-3) compliant transition between a median guardrail and median concrete barrier, and then test the design according to MASH TL-3 crash testing guidelines. The design was developed using finite element computer simulations. This report provides details on the computer simulations, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) median transition system, the crash tests and results, and the performance assessment of the median transition for MASH TL-3 transition evaluation criteria. The TxDOT median transition met the performance criteria for MASH TL-3 transitions.
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Corporate Authors:
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX United States 77843-3135Texas Department of Transportation
Research and Technology Implementation Office
125 E 11th Street
Austin, TX United States 78701-2483Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Abu-Odeh, Akram Y
- Schulz, Nathan D
- Kiani, Maysam
- Sheil, Ariel
- Menges, Wanda L
- Schroeder, William
- Griffith, Bill L
- Kuhn, Darrell L
- Publication Date: 2021-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Edition: Technical Report
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 258p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash tests; Finite element method; Guardrail transition sections; Median barriers
- Identifier Terms: AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
- Geographic Terms: Texas
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01778820
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-21/0-6990-R1, 0-6990-R1
- Contract Numbers: 0-6990
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 9 2021 9:44AM