TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1973//
TI  - Warrants for guardrails on embankments
JO  - Highway research record
A1  - Ross, Hayes E.
A1  - Post, Edward R.
A1  - Nixon, John F.
A1  - Hustace, David
A1  - Kristaponis, Edward V.
SP  - 85
EP  - 96
VL  - 460
IS  - 
N2  - He highway-vehicle-object simulation model, a computer model that decribes an automobile and is capable of prediciting the dynamic response of the automobile traversing selected terrain, was used to study the behavior of a standard-sized automobile traversing embankments side slopes at various speeds and departure angles. The accelerations obtained were used to compute a severity index that was then compared with a similarly computed severity index (from actual crash data) of a vehicle impacting a w-beam guardrail with posts on 61/4-ft spacing. An equal-severity curve was then developed that can be used as a guardrail installation criterion. /author/<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0073-2206
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -