Vehicle Crash Tests of a Concrete Median Barrier Retroffitted [sic] with a Concrete Glare Screen

Vehicle Crash Tests of a Concrete Median Barrier Retroffitted [sic] with a Concrete Glare Screen
Author: Suema Hawatky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1993
Genre: Median strips
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Two vehicle crash tests were performed on a retrofit concrete glare screen slipformed on top of an existing 32-in. high concrete safety shape barrier. The concrete glare screen is intended as a replacement for the current standard expanded metal mesh glare screen. This concrete glare screen is 20 in. high, 6 in. thick at the base and tapers slightly to 5 in. thick at the top. Reinforcing consists of two longitudinal #4 bars tied to vertical #5 hoops (inverted U-shaped stirrups). At the base of the glare screen is a 3/4-in. chamfer to match that at the top of the concrete barrier. The two test vehicles included a pickup truck ballasted to 5390 lbs. travelling 55.3 mph and impacting at 20 deg; and a large car ballasted to 4360 lbs, travelling 56.2 mph and impacting at 25 deg.

Large Angle Crash Test of a Temporary Precast Concrete Barrier

Large Angle Crash Test of a Temporary Precast Concrete Barrier
Author: Gary P. Gauthier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1995
Genre: Automobiles
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One vehicle crash test was conducted on a temporary precast concrete barrier. The test conditions and parameters were determined by an actual accident which resulted in a lawsuit against the State of California. The purpose of this test was to replicate the accident in defense of the lawsuit and provide research in large angle vehicle impacts with this type of barrier. The test involved a 1975 Toyota Celica (1330 kg) impacting a temporary precast concrete barrier placed in a simulated freeway median at 74 deg and 81.2 km/h.