Design, fabrication and installation of a fragmenting tube type energy absorber in conjunction with a bridge rail. Paper presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1970.

Author(s)
Woolam, W.E. & L.R. Garza
Year
Abstract

This report discusses the design theory which provides a new concept energy absorbing bridge rail, utilizing a fragmenting tube as the primary energy absorbing element. The paper also discusses the separate functions of the bridge rail as both an energy absorbing system for small vehicles and a redirecting rail for large vehicles. Also presentence in a new concept in guardrail design- the cantilevered rail concept.

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Library number
A 4484 IRRD 51401
Source

San Antonio, Texas, Southwest Research Institute, 1970. 23 p.

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