MASH Test 5-12 Evaluation of TxDOT T80SS Barrier with Soundwall

The purpose of the test reported herein was to assess the performance of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) T80SS barrier with soundwall according to the safety-performance evaluation guidelines included in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH). The crash test was performed in accordance with MASH Test 5-12, which involves a 36000V vehicle weighing 79,300 lb impacting the longitudinal barrier while traveling at 50 mi/h and 15 degrees. This report provides details on the TxDOT T80SS barrier with soundwall, a description and results of the crash test, and a performance assessment of the TxDOT T80SS barrier with soundwall for MASH Test 5-12 longitudinal barrier evaluation criteria. The TxDOT T80SS barrier with soundwall met the performance criteria for MASH Test 5-12 for longitudinal barriers.

• Record URL:
  https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-7086-R4.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/catalogid=39687
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59235
• 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: 2021-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 80p

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01789202
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-22/0-7086-R4, 0-7086-R4
• Contract Numbers: 0-7086
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 22 2021 11:31AM