Crash cushions of waste materials
By: E. L. Marquis, T. J. Hirsch, and C. E. Buth.
Contributors: Hirsch, T. J. joint author.; Buth, Eugene, joint author.
Series: Report - National Cooperative Highway Research Program ; 157; Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ;; 157.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Roads -- Crash cushions -- Testing.; Waste products.
Description: This report documents and presents the results of a study aimed at developing practical designs for crash cushions (impact attenuators) employing waste materials. Three scrap-tire systems and the use of a fiberized aluminum product were investigated. Full-scale crash tests, supported variously by static and pendulum testing and computer simulation, produced designs for two scrap-tire systems that can meet Federal Highway Administration performance criteria, and which should serve adequately under certain limiting conditions. One scrap-tire system, and the fiberized aluminum product, were not subjected to full-scale tests, and practical designs are not provided.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration."