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NCHRP Report 350 Compliance Test of the New Jersey Safety Shaped Barrier.

PB97143218

Publication Date	1997
Personal Author	Mak, K. K.; Menges, W. L.
Page Count	52
Abstract	The New Jersey safety shaped barrier is one of the most common barriers currently in use on the Nation's highways. The barrier has successfully met all evaluation criteria set forth in National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 230. However, with the adoption of NCHRP Report 350 by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as the official guidelines for crash testing of roadside safety features, it became necessary to reevaluate the New Jersey safety shaped barrier to the new guidelines. Of particular importance is the replacement of one of the design test vehicles specified in NCHRP Report 230, the 2044-kg passenger car, by a 2000-kg pickup truck (2000P) under NCHRP Report 350 guidelines. The crash test reported herein was performed as an effort to evaluate the New Jersey safety shaped barrier according to NCHRP Report 350 guidelines.
Keywords	Bridge parapets Impact tests Accelerometers Pickup trucks Guardrails Roadside hazards Shape Safety engineering 1991 Chevrolet pickup
Source Agency	Federal Highway Administration
NTIS Subject Category	50A - Highway Engineering 85D - Transportation Safety
Corporate Authors	Texas Transportation Inst., College Station.; Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA. Office of Safety and Traffic
Supplemental Notes	See also PB96-187968. Sponsored by Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA. Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Draft rept. Sep 95-May 96.
NTIS Issue Number	199711
Contract Number	DTFH61-95-C-00135

NCHRP Report 350 Compliance Test of the New Jersey Safety Shaped Barrier.

NCHRP Report 350 Compliance Test of the New Jersey Safety Shaped Barrier.
PB97143218

Publication Date	1997
Personal Author	Mak, K. K.; Menges, W. L.
Page Count	52
Abstract	The New Jersey safety shaped barrier is one of the most common barriers currently in use on the Nation's highways. The barrier has successfully met all evaluation criteria set forth in National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 230. However, with the adoption of NCHRP Report 350 by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as the official guidelines for crash testing of roadside safety features, it became necessary to reevaluate the New Jersey safety shaped barrier to the new guidelines. Of particular importance is the replacement of one of the design test vehicles specified in NCHRP Report 230, the 2044-kg passenger car, by a 2000-kg pickup truck (2000P) under NCHRP Report 350 guidelines. The crash test reported herein was performed as an effort to evaluate the New Jersey safety shaped barrier according to NCHRP Report 350 guidelines.
Keywords	Bridge parapets Impact tests Accelerometers Pickup trucks Guardrails Roadside hazards Shape Safety engineering 1991 Chevrolet pickup
Source Agency	Federal Highway Administration
NTIS Subject Category	50A - Highway Engineering 85D - Transportation Safety
Corporate Authors	Texas Transportation Inst., College Station.; Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA. Office of Safety and Traffic
Supplemental Notes	See also PB96-187968. Sponsored by Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA. Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Draft rept. Sep 95-May 96.
NTIS Issue Number	199711
Contract Number	DTFH61-95-C-00135