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Title:

NCHRP REPORT 350 COMPLIANCE TESTS OF THE ET-2000

Accession Number:

00727313

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309062241

Abstract:

The ET-2000 is one of the end treatments currently approved for use with W-beam guardrail systems. The ET-2000 has successfully met all evaluation criteria set forth in NCHRP Report 230. However, with the adoption of NCHRP Report 350 by FHWA as the official guidelines for crash testing of roadside safety features, it became necessary to reevaluate the ET-2000 to the new guidelines. It is noted that one of the design test vehicles specified in NCHRP Report 230, the 2044-kg passenger car, was replaced by a 2000-kg pickup truck (2000P) under NCHRP Report 350 guidelines. The purpose of the crash tests was to evaluate the ET-2000 according to NCHRP Report 350 guidelines. The ET-2000 met NCHRP Report 350 criteria for Performance Level 3 without any design modifications. All findings in this study demonstrate that the impact performance of the ET-2000 was satisfactory.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1528, Current Research on Roadside Safety Features.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Ross Jr, H E
Menges, W L
Bullard Jr, D L

Pagination:

p. 28-37

Publication Date:

1996

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1528
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309062241

Features:

Figures (6) ; Photos (22) ; References (4) ; Tables (2)

Uncontrolled Terms:

End treatments

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Oct 18 1996 12:00AM

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