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End Treatments for Deep Beam Highway Guardrail
End treatments on highway guardrail serve two functions: (1) to make the end safe in case of an impact there, and (2) to provide anchorage in case of an impact adjacent to the end. Two...

Hazardous Events After Redirectional Collisions
The potential for hazardous events occurring to vehicle occupants after a redirection from a longitudinal barrier has not been adequately addressed. Very few studies are available which...

Traffic Barriers: A Second Chance
More motorists are killed each year after striking traffic barriers than any other fixed object except utility poles and trees. These deaths occur primarily because the guardrail or bridge...

Dynamic Response of Highway Guardrail Post Foundations (abstract)
The highway departments use two types of guardrail posts: a circular wood post and a steel W6 multiplied by 8. 5 post. The current specifications require the steel post to be placed in...

 

 

 

 

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