@article{ref1,
title="Energy-absorbing corrugated metal highway buffer",
journal="Highway research record",
year="1973",
author="Fay, Richard J. and Kaplan, Michael A.",
volume="460",
number="",
pages="20-29",
abstract="A new concept in energy-absorbing highway buffers was developed and tested with scale models. The buffer is made of corrugated-metal elements that deform plastically on impact and absorb the energy of the impacting vehicle. The buffer has a parbolic shape to form a gradual transition between an energy-absorbing buffer for frontal impacts and an energy-absorbing guardrail for glancing, side impacts. The model buffer was found to perform well in a variety of situations including head-on, angled, and glancing impacts. Scale-model testing was found to be a valuable tool; tests were conducted for a small fraction of the cost and time of full-scale tests. Additional scale-model tests and some full-scale tests will nees to be conducted before the design is completed. /author/<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0073-2206",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}