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Title: FINITE-ELEMENT MODEL OF MODIFIED ECCENTRIC LOADER TERMINAL (MELT)
Accession Number: 00743626
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Improving the performance of guardrail terminals and end treatments in impacts with passenger vehicles has been an active area of research over the past decade. One particular W-beam guardrail terminal that has been the focus of recent full-scale crash testing is the Modified Eccentric Loader Terminal (MELT). The development of a nonlinear, finite-element model of a recent modification of the MELT is being used to learn more about the performance of this type of guardrail terminal. A finite-element model of the MELT was developed using the TrueGrid preprocessor and the LS-DYNA3D finite-element software was used to perform the analysis. Results of the analysis are compared with data from a full-scale crash test involving a small passenger car.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1599, Roadside Safety Features and Other General Design Issues.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Ray, M HPatzner, G SPagination: p. 11-21
Publication Date: 1997
Serial: ISBN: 0309061709
Features: Figures
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; Photos; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Dec 11 1997 12:00AM
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