Crash reconstruction technique for longitudinal barriers

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-62

  Coon, Brian A ^a   Reid, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Guardrails; Highway safety; Simulation; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRICTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; SOILS; VEHICLES;

BARRIER-VEHICLE FRICTION; CRASH RECONSTRUCTION; GUARDRAIL BEAM DEFORMATIONS; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION PROCEDURE;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 11944254242     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:1(54)     Document Type: Article

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