Pendulum tests using rigid and crushable bumpers. Paper prepared for the 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, January 1975.

Author(s)
Bronstad, M.E. Michie, J.D. & White, R.R.
Year
Abstract

A test program is reported in which 19 tests of a breakaway sign support are carried out thereby using a 900 kg pendulum mass impacting the support at 32 km/h. It was concluded that momentum change criterion is insufficient in evaluating results of pendulum tests using a rigid bumper. Use of a bumper with vehicle crush characteristics appears to provide a superior experimental evaluation.

Request publication

1 + 0 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.

Publication

Library number
B 5883 /91/
Source

San Antonio, Southwest Research Institute, 1975, 24 p., fig., graph., tab., ref.

Our collection

This publication is one of our other publications, and part of our extensive collection of road safety literature, that also includes the SWOV publications.