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Title:

USING SURROGATE TEST VEHICLES

Accession Number:

00611702

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

The Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) at the Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center of FHWA at McLean, Virginia uses a test bogie in place of a real car for crash tests of breakaway sign and luminaire supports. As a result of successful use of the bogie, the following conclusions are drawn: (1) The breakaway bogie should be mandated for certification testing of breakaway sign and luminaire supports; (2) Other surrogate vehicles (bogies) should be mandated for certification testing of roadside safety hardware as they become available and a procedure should be established for the acceptance of new surrogate test devices; (3) Mounting bolt torques for breakaway devices that are being crash tested should be precisely defined, either by quantifying the torque or specifying acceptable torque ranges, the mounting bolt torques actually used should be reported, transformer bases should be tested using the maximum bolt circle diameter, and the term "substantial" in the AASHTO stub height criterion should be defined or quantified; and (4) A procedure should be defined for specifying new test setup requirements as new knowledge regarding the effect of these setup requirements on test results is determined from other new surrogate test vehicles as they are brought on line.

Supplemental Notes:

Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

00611696

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Hargrave, M W

Pagination:

p. 22-23

Publication Date:

1991-7

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: 374
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Design; Education and Training; Highways; Railroads; 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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