Test program at General Motors Proving Grounds showed that length of vertical curve between side slopes and ditch bottom is more important element in controlling impact severity of car traveling through ditch; effect of roadside slope on deceleration required to overturn car is of first order of significance; low center of gravity height of modern automobiles contributed to stability and resistance to overturning; design criteria applied in construction of R and H Loop test road.


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    Titel :

    How roadside ditches and slopes can be designed for safety


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Gen Motors Eng J


    Beteiligte:
    Stonex, K.A. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1961


    Format / Umfang :

    6 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :



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