Vehicle Crash Tests of the Type 80 Bridge Rail

摘要

An aesthetic, see-through concrete bridge rail, Type 80, was built and tested in211u001eaccordance with NCHRP Report 350. The Type 80 bridge rail is an 810 mm-tall, 211u001ereinforced concrete barrier. The rail has 280 mm-high by 1620 mm-long gaps, 230 211u001emm above the bridge deck surface. The barrier tested was 23 m-long and was 211u001econstructed at the Caltrans Dynamic Test Facility in West Sacramento, California. 211u001eA total of three crash tests were conducted under Report 350 test Level 4, one 211u001ewith a 820 kg car, one with a 2000 kg pickup truck and one with an 8000 kg single 211u001eunit van truck. The results of all three tests were within the limits of the 211u001eReport 350 guidelines.