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).


Roadside Design Guide

Roadside Design Guide

Author: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Task Force for Roadside Safety

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13:

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The Handbook of Road Safety Measures

The Handbook of Road Safety Measures

Author: Rune Elvik

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2009-10-14

Total Pages: 1137

ISBN-13: 1848552505

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Contains summaries of the knowledge regarding the effects of 128 road safety measures. This title covers various areas of road safety including: traffic control; vehicle inspection; driver training; publicity campaigns; police enforcement; and, general policy instruments. It also covers topics such as post-accident care, and speed cameras.


Current Research on Roadside Safety Features

Current Research on Roadside Safety Features

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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Transportation Research Record 1528 contains the following papers: Development of metal-cutting guardrail terminal; Development of reusable high-molecular-weight- high-density polyethylene crash cushions; NCHRP Report 350 compliance tests of the ET-2000; Wyoming road closure gate; NCHRP Report 350 crash test results for Connecticut truck- mounted attenuator; Dual-support breakaway sign with modified fuse plate and multidirectional slip base; Assessment of guardrail-strengthening techniques; Guardrail runout lengths revisited; Severity indexes for roadside objects; Approach guardrail transition for single-slope concrete barriers; Instrumentation for determination of guardrail-soil interaction; Reduced-height performance level 2 bridge rail; Crashworthiness simulations with DYNA3D; Finite-element modeling of G2 guardrail; characterizing guardrail steel for LS-DYNA3D simulations; nonlinear finite-element analysis of dual support breakaway sign; Repeatability of full-scale crash tests and criteria for validating simulation results.