Crash Testing and Evaluation of TL-2 Short Radius Guardrail Treatment

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Project Title: MASH Test Level 2 (TL-2) Short Radius Guardrail Treatment on Texas Roadways
• Creators:
  Abu-Odeh, Akram Y. ; Menges, Wanda L. ; Kuhn, Darrell L. ; de la Fuente, Nataly
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Guardrail terminals
  • Radius
  • Impact tests
  • Highway safety
  • Length
  • Breakaway supports
  • End Treatment
  • Terminal
  • Short Radius
  • Longitudinal Barriers
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-18/0-6913-R1 ; Report 0-6913-R1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  September 2016–February 2018
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The purpose of the testing reported herein was to assess the performance of the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) TL-2 low-speed short radius guardrail treatment according to the safety-performance evaluation guidelines included in American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials MASH. The crash tests performed were in accordance with MASH TL-2. The Texas Department of Transportation low-speed short radius guardrail treatment performed acceptably for modified MASH Tests 2-33, 2-32, 2-31, 2-35, and 2-34.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-6913
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40146/dot_40146_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 51.46 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:46edc028e26d1e1c9a544d1a3200e1ac434ae22f66be8083787605cfd07e53a9