Evaluation of the New York low-tension three-cable barrier on curved alignment.

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• Creators:
  Schmidt, Tyler L. ; Lechtenberg, Karla A. ; Meyer, Curt L. ; Faller, Ronald K. ; Bielenberg, Robert W. ; Reid, John D. ; Sicking, Dean L.
• Corporate Creators:
  Midwest Roadside Safety Facility
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Barriers (Roads)
  • Impact tests
  • Highway safety
  • Highway curves
  • Deflection tests Roads--Guard fences
  • Automobiles--Crash tests
• Publication/ Report Number:
  TRP-03-263-12
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New York
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  New York (State). Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Three full-scale crash tests were performed on the New York Department of Transportation’s (NYSDOT’s) curved, lowtension, ; three-cable barrier systems utilizing the MASH Test Level 3 safety performance criteria. The cable barrier system ; for test no. NYCC-1 was 399.1 ft (121.6 m) long and used a radius of 360 ft (110 m). For test nos. NYCC-2 and NYCC-3, ; the cable barrier systems were 396.5 ft (120.9 m) long and used radii of 440 ft (134 m). In test nos. NYCC-1 and NYCC-2, ; the three cables were positioned at heights of 1 ft 3 in. (0.38 m), 1 ft 9 in. (0.53 m), and 2 ft 3 in. (0.69 m). In each of the ; tests, a 2270P vehicle was used. The first test redirected the pickup truck with all safety performance criteria being satisfied. ; During the second test, the pickup truck overrode the cable barrier and came to rest behind the system, thus resulting in ; unacceptable barrier performance. The barrier system was modified using a 2 in. (51 mm) height increase and retested with ; cables centered at 1 ft 5 in. (0.41 m), 1 ft 11 in.(0.58 m) and 2 ft 5 in. (0.74 m). In the third test, the pickup truck was ; redirected, and all safety performance criteria were satisfied.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  TPF-5(193) Supplement #130
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25706/dot_25706_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 50.11 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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