Preliminary Impact Testing of Portable Safety/Security Barriers

The development and implementation of a facility to conduct affordable, logistically convenient, preliminary vehicle impact performance tests of roadway safety and security barriers are described in this paper. The facility serves as a means to test barriers at a very low coast compared to comprehensive official federal government tests. Successful performance would be an indicator of likely success in the official tests. A hillside ramp, curved transition, and horizontal approach comprise the main components. A pilot test of eleven interconnected portable barriers was conducted and the test vehicle and ramp did perform as planned. While not a goal of the project, the barriers themselves met the technical criteria for structural adequacy and after-impact vehicle trajectory. It is anticipated that if tested to official to official federal standards the barriers would perform successfully.

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  Ashurst Lodge
  Ashurst, Southampton  United Kingdom  SO40 7AA
• Authors:
  • Gutkowski, R
  • Butler, M
• Conference:
  • The First International Conference on Safety and Security Engineering (SAFE/05)
  • Location: Rome , Italy
  • Date: 2005-6-13 to 2005-6-15
• Publication Date: 2005-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 351-360
• Monograph Title: Safety and Security Engineering

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers to entry (Competition); Cost effectiveness; Crash tests; Highway safety; Hills; Implementation; Pilot studies; Portable equipment; Safety and security; Security checkpoints; Structural design
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01007094
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1845640195
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 7 2005 10:06AM