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Title: Safety Performance Evaluation of Portable Concrete Barriers
Accession Number: 01099061
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: In this study, finite element simulations were used to evaluate the safety performance of Portable Concrete Barriers (PCBs). Detailed finite element models of the most commonly used PCBs, with different shapes, sizes, and connection types, were developed and validated against previously conducted full-scale crash tests. The full-scale crash tests and simulations were setup for an impact of the PCB with a 2000 kg pickup truck at an angle of 25 deg and an initial velocity of 100 km/hr. This setup is in accordance with the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 350 guidelines for Test Level 3 safety performance. Having validated these models, computer simulations were performed to assess the barrier performances for a full matrix of barrier shapes, lengths and connection combinations. A design table, summarizing the PCBs safety performance based on the results from the matrix of simulations, was generated.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01084478
Report/Paper Numbers: 08-3102
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Marzougui, DhaferBuyuk, MuratKan, Cing DaoOpiela, Kenneth SPagination: 20p
Publication Date: 2008
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: DVD
Features: Figures
(14)
; Photos
(3)
; References
(23)
; Tables
(6)
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I32: Concrete; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-3102
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jan 29 2008 5:35PM
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