This synthesis will be of interest to state department of transportation (DOT) roadway design, traffic, structural, maintenance, and research engineers and others concerned with highway safety issues. This synthesis describes the current state of the practice for the use of guardrails and median barriers and their crashworthiness. It includes information about the crashworthiness and typical applications of the most common, permanently installed, nonproprietary guardrail and median barrier systems used in the United States today. A significant amount of detail is included in the text to aid the design, selection, and locating processes for safe and effective guardrails and median barriers.


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    Title :

    Guardrail and Median Barrier Crashworthiness: A Synthesis of Highway Practice


    Contributors:
    M. H. Ray (author) / R. G. McGinnis (author)

    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    170 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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