COLUMN LOADS CAUSED BY VEHICLE IMPACT

PAAKOERNINGSLASTER ORSAKADE AV FORDON

The present report deals with steel and concrete columns designed to withstand heavy vehicle impact loads. The course of accident and the off road behaviour of the vehicle are described as well as the effect of vehicle weight and speed. Theoretical models for vehicles and columns are put forward and calculations are carried out. In addition, there is a description of German crash tests carried out by Camillo Popp. Finally the results are discussed and recommendations for design load are presented. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Lund University of Technology, Sweden

  Institutionen foer Byggnadsteknik, P.O. Box 725
  S-220 07 Lund 7,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Christiansson, P
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 39 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Columns; Concrete; Concrete structures; Crash tests; Design; Design load; Dynamics; Heavy vehicles; Impacts; Loads; Mathematical models; Motor vehicles; Recommendations; Shock (Mechanics); Speed; Steel; Steel structures; Traffic speed; Weight
• ITRD Terms: 3434: Bridge pier; 4755: Concrete; 9011: Design (overall design); 5473: Dynamics; 5567: Load; 1078: Lock (waterway); 6473: Mathematical model; 5471: Shock; 177: Specifications; 5408: Speed; 4542: Steel; 5485: Weight
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172528
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report No. TVBK-3001Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1978 12:00AM