0-6772 : development of new delineator material and impact testing standard to prevent premature failures specific to installation application.

Details

• Creators:
  Arrington, Dusty R. ; Theiss, LuAnn ; Zimmer, Richard
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highway delineators
  • Evaluation
  • Specifications
  • Standards
• Publication/ Report Number:
  0-6772
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The use of delineators has become popular across ; Texas. They are being used in several different ; applications with unique impact conditions and/or ; impact frequency. There is not a federally mandated ; national standard for testing and evaluation of ; delineators. For this reason, each state must either ; develop personalized evaluation criteria or adopt the ; American Association of State Highway and ; Transportation Officials (AASHTO) National ; Transportation Product Evaluation Program (NTPEP) ; evaluation standard. ; By developing a categorical testing specification, the ; state can better evaluate delineator products for each ; application use. This enhanced evaluation would lead ; to the proper selection of the best delineator for a ; certain application. By pairing delineators with their ; proper application, one would expect a reduction of ; delineator failures and therefore reduction in long-term maintenance costs.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28365/dot_28365_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 494.91 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3be0430996241b6f7f3cc3f1cc9fd3e3542479ea9e1eb612101fee5b43f8060e