MASH Test 3-11 on F-Shape Portable Concrete Barrier with X-Bolt Connection

An implementation agreement was adopted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Federal Highway Administration that coincided with the publication of the second edition of the AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH). Subsequently, numerous roadside safety devices have been crash tested to evaluate compliance with MASH impact performance criteria. The Texas Department of Transportation used this MASH testing need as an opportunity to improve the design of some devices in its roadside safety standards. One of the devices for which improvements were investigated is the portable concrete barrier with X-bolt connection. The fabrication cost of this barrier has limited its implementation to date. Several changes were made to the design to help optimize its fabrication prior to MASH testing. The modified F-shape portable concrete barrier with X-bolt connection subsequently met the performance criteria for MASH Test 3-11 for longitudinal barriers.

• Record URL:
  https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-7086-R1.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/catalogid=39685
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59212
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office
  125 E 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bligh, Roger P
  • Menges, Wanda L
  • Schroeder, William J L
  • Griffith, Bill L
  • Wegenast, Sarah A
  • Kuhn, Darrell L
• Publication Date: 2021-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 62p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Crash tests; Design
• Identifier Terms: AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01789198
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-21/0-7086-R1, 0-7086-R1
• Contract Numbers: 0-7086
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 22 2021 11:31AM