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Title: THE PURPOSE OF THE NCHRP REPORT 230 UPDATE
Accession Number: 00611697
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The original intent of NCHRP Report 230 and its predecessors was to provide recommended uniform procedures for conducting full-scale crash testing of highway safety appurtenances and evaluating the data from these tests. Most of the original requirements for test conditions and matrices evolved from research performed in developing roadside barriers, that is guardrail, median barrier, and bridge railing. Over the years it has become necessary to develop new test procedures and to adapt old ones when new appurtenances come on-line when there are no specific tests related to those devices. This is where we are now in considering appropriate tests for such items as temporary barriers, movable median barriers, and truck-mounted crash cushions. The NCHRP Report 230 update should serve as both a foundation for the development of safety appurtenances and as a certification document for the performance of newly developed systems.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00611696
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Bartell, CPagination: p. 8
Publication Date: 1991-7
Serial: TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Aug 31 1991 12:00AM
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