Reconstruction techniques for energy-absorbing guardrail end terminals

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-13

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident reconstruction; End terminals; Guardrails; Highway safety

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; VEHICLES;

ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION; END TERMINALS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; ROADSIDE SAFETY DEVICES;

GUARD RAILS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INJURY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27644580883     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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