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Crash Testing and Evaluation of F-Shape Barriers on Slopes
The TxDOT Roadway Design Manual currently suggests that concrete barrier not be placed on slopes steeper than 10H:1V. This suggestion has limited the placement of concrete barriers to narrow, flat, paved medians or at the edge of the shoulder. Based on the results of full-scale crash testing, researchers determined that TxDOTs cast-in-place permanent F-shape barrier and the precast free-standing X-bolt F-shape barrier are suitable for placement on roadside and median foreslopes of 6H:1V or less. Additionally, these barriers are suitable to be placed at any lateral offset from the roadway edge, and for any width of depressed V-ditch median as long as the barrier is placed at its center. Further, similar or better performance would be expected for barrier placement on more gentle (e.g., 8H:1V) slopes. Increasing the maximum slope on which median barriers can be placed will allow many installations to be placed further from the travelway, which in turn will most likely lead to a reduction in barrier impact frequency and severity.
Crash Testing and Evaluation of F-Shape Barriers on Slopes
The TxDOT Roadway Design Manual currently suggests that concrete barrier not be placed on slopes steeper than 10H:1V. This suggestion has limited the placement of concrete barriers to narrow, flat, paved medians or at the edge of the shoulder. Based on the results of full-scale crash testing, researchers determined that TxDOTs cast-in-place permanent F-shape barrier and the precast free-standing X-bolt F-shape barrier are suitable for placement on roadside and median foreslopes of 6H:1V or less. Additionally, these barriers are suitable to be placed at any lateral offset from the roadway edge, and for any width of depressed V-ditch median as long as the barrier is placed at its center. Further, similar or better performance would be expected for barrier placement on more gentle (e.g., 8H:1V) slopes. Increasing the maximum slope on which median barriers can be placed will allow many installations to be placed further from the travelway, which in turn will most likely lead to a reduction in barrier impact frequency and severity.
Crash Testing and Evaluation of F-Shape Barriers on Slopes
N. M. Sheikh (author) / R. P. Bligh (author) / W. L. Menges (author)
2008
86 pages
Report
No indication
English
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