Development and Experimental Evaluation of a Steel Pipe Vehicle Impact Attenuation System. Report on Model Tests Conducted at the University of Cambridge, England

摘要

This report documents the quasi-static and dynamic (impact) model testing program conducted by the Principal Investigator from 5/19/80 to 6/27/80 at the University of Cambridge in England. The tests were carried out at Cambridge to take advantage of their impact loading laboratory facilities which were made available to the Principal Investigator at no charge to the project. Over forty individual tests were run during the six week period. The tests ranged from the quasi-static loading of single steel tubes to the impact loading of complete systems. All tests were conducted with mild steel seamless tubing (Specification B.S. 980 1950 CDS 2). The experiments demonstrate the feasibility of conducting full-scale crash tests on clusters of steel tubes as stationary impact attenuating devices.