A study of the interaction between a guardrail post and soil during quasi-static and dynamic loading

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 883-898

  Wu, Weijia ^a   Thomson, Robert ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crash analysis; Roadside safety; Soil model; Soil post interaction; Steel model

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; DYNAMIC LOADS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

CRASH ANALYSIS; ROADSIDE SAFETY; SOIL MODELS; SOIL-POST INTERACTION; STEEL MODEL;

GUARD RAILS;

EID: 33751402942     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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