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Investigation Of A Tractor-Tank Trailer Roadside Containment Barrier, Dean L. Whitfield
Investigation Of A Tractor-Tank Trailer Roadside Containment Barrier, Dean L. Whitfield
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The objective of this research project was to develop a new, cost-effective, Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) Test Level 6 (TL-6) barrier. A literature review on prior Test Level 5 and Test Level 6 barriers was conducted, and the cost of current TL-5 and TL-6 barriers was established. Existing and modified design procedures for roadside barrier were reviewed as well as current TL-6 design forces. A preliminary TL-6 truck model was developed in LS-DYNA. The minimum barrier height to contain a tractor-tank vehicle was determined to be 62 in. for a rigid, vertical-faced barrier through LS-DYNA computer simulation. New …