Criteria for Guardrail Need and Location on Embankments. Volume I. Development of Criteria
Criteria for Guardrail Need and Location on Embankments. Volume I. Development of Criteria
- Neue Suche nach: H. E. Ross
- Neue Suche nach: E. R. Post
- Neue Suche nach: H. E. Ross
- Neue Suche nach: E. R. Post
The Highway-Vehicle-Object Simulation Model (HVOSM), a computer model describing an automobile and capable of predicting the dynamic response of the automobile traversing selected terrain, was used to study the behavior of a standard size automobile traversing embankment side slopes at various speeds and departure angles. The accelerations obtained were used to compute a severity index which was then compared with a similarly computed severity index (from actual crash data) of a vehicle impacting a W-beam guardrail with posts on 6 ft 3 in spacing. An Equal Severity Curve was than developed which can be used as a guardrail installation criteria, determining if guardrail should be used to prevent an automobile from going over a selected embankment slope. (Author)
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Criteria for Guardrail Need and Location on Embankments. Volume I. Development of Criteria
1972
77 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation Safety , Motor vehicle accidents , Barriers , Highways , Mathematical models , Design criteria , Safety engineering , Installation , Impact tests , Impact acceleration , Impact strength , Embankments , Ditches , California , Texas , Accident prevention , Traffic safety , Computerized simulation , Guardrails
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