Finite-element modeling of guardrail timber posts and the post-soil interaction

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1647, 1998, Pages 139-146

  Plaxico, Chuck A ^a,b   Patzner, Gregory S ^a   Ray, Malcolm H ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GUARD RAILS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BREAKAWAY CABLE TERMINALS; MODIFIED ECCENTRIC LOADER TERMINALS; TIMBER POSTS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032206936     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1647-17     Document Type: Article

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