Finite-element model of modified eccentric loader terminal (MELT)

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1599, 1997, Pages 11-21

  Ray, Malcolm H ^a   Patzner, Gregory S ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003255754     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1599-02     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Michae, J. D., and M. E. Broastad. NCHRP Report 129 Guardrail Crash Test Evaluation: New Concepts and End Designs. HRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 1972.
2. Broastad, M. E., and J. D. Michae. NCHRP Results Digest 43: Evaluation of Breakaway Cable Terminals for Guardrails. HRB. National Research Council, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1972.
3. Broastad, M. E., and J. D. Michae. NCHRP Results Digest 53 Development of Breakaway Cable Terminal for Median Barriers. HRB. National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1973.
4. Broastad, M. E., and J. D. Michae. NCHRP Results Digest 84: Breakaway Cable Terminals for Guardrails and Median Barriers. TRB. National Research Council, Washington, D.C., March 1976.
5. Broastad, M. E., and J. D. Michae. NCHRP Results Digest 102: Modified Breakaway Cable Terminals for Guardrails and Median Barriers. TRB. National Research Council, Washington, D.C., May 1978.
6. Broastad, M. E. NCHRP Results Digest 124: A Modified Foundation for Breakaway Cable Terminals. TRB. National Research Council, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1980.
7. W-Beam Guardrail End Treatments. Technical Advisory T 5040.25, Change I. FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation. Washington, D.C. Dec. 15, 1987.
8. Broastad, M. E., and J. D. Michae. NCHRP Report 153: Recommended Procedures for Vehicle Crash Testing of Highway Appartenances. TRB. National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1974.
9. Michae, J. D. NCHRP Report 230: Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Appartenances. TRB. National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1981.
10. Kimball, C. E., M. E. Broastad, and L. C. Meczkowski. Evaluation of Guardrail Breakaway Cable Terminals. Report FHWA-RD-82-057, FHWA. U.S. Department of Transportation, May 1982.
11. Pigman, J. G., and K. R. Agent. Survey of Guardrail End Treatment Usage. Research Report UKTRP-83-23, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Oct. 1983.
12. Baker, R. F. Breakaway Cable Terminal Evaluation. FHWA-NJ-81-001. New Jersey Department of Transportation: FHWA. U.S. Department of Transportation, May 1980.
13. Broastad, M. E., J. B. Mayer, J. H. Hatton, and L. C. Meczkowski. Test and Evaluation of Eccentric Loader BCT Guardrail Terminals Report FHWA-RD-86-009. FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation, Sept. 1985.
14. Meczkowski, L. C. Evaluation of Improvements to Breakaway Cable Terminals Report FHWA-RD-91-065, FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation, June 1991.
15. Staron, L. A. Guardrail Terminals. Breakaway Cable Terminal. Eccentric Loader Terminal, and Modified Eccentric Loader Terminal Memorandum, FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation, March 27, 1991.
16. Ross, H. E., Jr., D. L. Sicking, R. A. Zimmer, and J. D. Michae. NCHRP Report 350: Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features. TRB. National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1993.
17. Mak, K. K., and W. C. Menges. Crash Testing and Evaluation of Metric MELT Terminal. Test Report No. 471470-34. Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, April 1995.
18. Guide to Standardized Barrier Hardware. Task Force No. 13, AASHTO-ARTBA-AGC Joint Committee, Washington, D.C., 1994.
19. Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods Sampling and Testing: Part I - Specifications. 15th ed., AASHTO. Washington, D.C., 1990.
20. Wright, A. E. and M. H. Ray. Characterizing Guardrail Steel for LS-DYNA3D Simulations. In Transportation Research Record 1528. TRB. National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1996.
21. Brown, C. M. Pendulum Testing of BCT Wood Posts. FOIL Tests: 91P039 through 91P045. Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL). McLean, Va., Aug. 1991.
22. Ray, M H., and J. F. Carney III. Side Impact Crash Testing of Roadside Structures. Report FHWA-RD-92-079. FHWA. U.S. Department of Transportation, May 1993.
23. Wire Rope Users Manual. American Iron and Steel Institute, Committee of Wire Rope Producers, Washington, D.C., 1979.
24. Cofie, E. Finite Elements Model of a Small Automobile Impacting a Rigid Pole. FHWA-RD-94-151. FHWA. U.S. Department of Transportation, June, 1995.
25. Mak, K. K., R. P. Bligh and W. L. Menges. Testing and Evaluation of the MELT-2 Terminal. Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Aug. 1996.
26. Ray, M. H. Repeatability of Full-Scale Crash Tests and Criteria for Validating Simulation Results. Transportation Research Record 1528, TRB. National Reseach Council, Washington, D.C., 1996.