Safer bridge railings, volume 1 summary report.

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• Creators:
  Buth, C. Eugene
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bridge Railing Bridge Railings Crash Tests Design Guidelines Impact Impact Tests Performance Performance Standards
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/RD-82/072
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research
• Abstract:
  This study consisted of strength analyses of five in-service bridge railing
  
  systems, thirty full-scale vehicle crash tests on those railing systems and
  
  on a load measuring wall, the development of recommended design guidelines and
  
  deve1opment of recommended performance standards.
  
  The spectrum of vehicles addressed ranged from an 1,800 lb Honda sedan to a
  
  32,000 lb intercity bus.
  
  Some of the in-service railings were found to have poor performance in fullscale
  
  crash tests. This was primarily due to geometry of the railing; however,
  
  deficiencies in strength were also discovered.
  
  This report consists of four volumes. ~
  
  Volume 1:
  
  Volume 2:
  
  Volume 3:
  
  Volume 4:
  
  17. Key Words
  
  Summary Report FHWA/RD-82/072
  
  Appendices A, B, Dand E FHWA/RD-82/073
  
  Appendix C, Part I FHWA/RD-82/074.l
  
  Appendix C, Part II FHWA/RD-82/074.2
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-FH-ll-Q1Rl
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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