Vehicle crash test and evaluation of median barriers for Texas highways. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1973.

Author(s)
Post, E.R. Hirsch, T.J. Hayes,G.G. & Nixon, J.F.
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Abstract

Full-scale vehicle-impact tests to evaluate and compare the performance of 3 median barrier deigns of different configurations and lateral stiffness are reported. Factors considered were vehicle decelerations, vehicle damage, occupant injury, construction and maintenance costs, median widths, and traffic volumes.

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Library number
B 9045 (In: B 4972 S) /85.1/ IRRD 213576
Source

In: Highway Research Record HRR No. 460, 1973, p. 97-113, 20 fig., 6 tab., 6 ref.

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