Roadside Safety Features and Hydraulic, Hydrology, and Water Quality Issues
Roadside Safety Features and Hydraulic, Hydrology, and Water Quality Issues

Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13:

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Transportation Research Record contains the following papers: Evaluation of portable concrete barriers using finite element simulation (Marzougi, D, Bahouth, G, Eskandarian, A, Meczkowski and Taylor, H); Impact performance of the G4(1W) and G4(2W) guardrail systems : comparison under NCHRP report 350 test 3-11 conditions (Plaxico, CA, Ray, MH and Hiranmayee, K); Long-span guardrail system for culvert applications (Faller, RK, Sicking, DL, Polivka, KA, Rohde, JR and Bielenberg, BW); Transitions from guardrail to bridge rail that meet safety performance requirements (Buth, CE, Menges, WL, and Bligh, RP); Performance of breakaway cable and modified eccentric loader terminals in Iowa and North Carolina : in-service evaluation (Ray, MH and Hopp, JA); Safety effectiveness of upgrading guardrail terminals to NCHRP reports 350 standards (Ray, MH); Design and development of steel breakaway posts (Sicking, DL, Rohde, JR and Reid, JD); Evaluating human risk in side impact collisions with roadside objects (Ray, MH and Hiranmayee, K); In-service, performance-based roadside design policy : preliminary insights from Washington State's bridge rail study (Shankar, VN, Albin, RB, Milton, JC and Nebergall, M); Test level 4 bridge rails (Buth, CE, Menges, WL and Williams, WF); Estimation of time of concentration for Maryland streams (Thomas, WO, Monde, MC and Davis, SR); Temporal variations in heavy metal partitioning and loading in urban highway pavement sheet flow : implications for in situ treatment design (Sansalone, JJ and Glenn, DW); California Department of Transportation statewide storm water management program (Johnston, J, Yamaguchi, H and Frankel, A).

Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Water Quality
Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Water Quality

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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Transportation Research Record contains the following papers: Environmental impact of runoff from highway construction and repair materials : project overview (Huber, WC, Nelson, PO, Eldin, NN, Williamson, KJ and Lundy, JR); Results of California Department of Transportation litter management pilot study (Lippner, G, Johnston, J, Combs, S, Walter, K and Marx, D); Environmental impact of construction and repair materials on surface water and groundwater : screening and evaluation methodology (Nelson, PO, Williamson, KJ, Azizian, MF, Thayumanavan, P, Huber, WC and Eldin, NN); Environmental impact of construction and repair materials on surface water and groundwater : detailed evaluation of waste-amended highway materials (Thayumanavan, P, Nelson, PO, Azizian, MF, Williamson, KJ and Lundy, JR); Characteristics of storm-water runoff from highway construction sites in California (Kayhanian, M, Murphy, K, Regenmorter, L and Haller, R); Estimation and internet-based dissemination of extreme rainfall information (Durrans, SR and Brown, PA); Step-pool morphology in high-gradient countersunk culverts (Maxwell, AR, Papanicolaou, AN, Hotchkiss, RH, Barber, ME and Schafer, J); Consideration of stream morphology in culvert and bridge design (Kosicki, AJ and Davis, SR); Compliance testing of a bullnose median barrier system : NCHRP report 350 (Bielenberg, BW, Reid, JD and Faller, RK); Washington State cable median barrier (Albin, RB, Bullard, DL and Menges, WL); W-beam guardrail adjacent to a slope (Polivka, Ka, Faller, RK, Sicking, DL and Rohde, JR); Improvements to the weak-post w-beam guardrail (Ray, MH, Engstrand, K, Plaxico, CA and McGinnis, RG); Three-strand cable median barrier in North Caroline : in-service evaluation (Hunter, WW, Stewart, JR, Eccles, KA, Huang, HF, Council, FM and Harkey, DL); Selection of roadside safety barrier containment level according to European Union standards (Montella, A); Unreported collisions with post-and-beam guardrails in Connecticut, Iowa, and North Carolina (Ray, MH and Weir, JA); Performance of w-beam splices (Ray, MH, Plaxico, CA and Engstrand, K); Development of two test level 2 bridge railings and transitions for use on transverse glue-laminated deck bridges (Faller, RK, Rosson, BT, Ritter, MA, Keller, EA and Duwadi, SR).

Highway Drainage Guidelines
Highway Drainage Guidelines

Author: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Task Force on Hydrology and Hydraulics

Publisher: AASHTO

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 156051292X

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The Highway Drainage Guidelines provides a consolidated overview of highway hydraulic design and discusses possible hydrology problems in the following areas: Hydraulic Considerations in Highway Planning and Location; Hydrology; Erosion and Sediment Control in Highway Construction; Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts; The Legal Aspects of Highway Drainage; Hydraulic Analysis and Design of Open Channels; Hydraulic Analysis for the Location and Design of Bridges; Hydraulic Aspects in Restoration and Upgrading of Highways; Storm Drain Systems; Evaluating Highway Effects on Surface Water Environments; Highways Along Coastal Zones and Lakeshores; Stormwater Management; Training and Career Development of Hydraulics Engineers; Culvert Inspection, Material Selection, and Rehabilitation; Guidelines for Selecting and Utilizing Hydraulics Engineering Consultants.