Simulation of crash tests for high containment levels of road safety barriers

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1711-1718

  Borovinsek M ^a   Vesenjak, M ^a   Ulbin, M ^a   Ren, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Impact (crash test); Safety (road safety barrier); Simulation tests

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CRASH TEST; ROAD SAFETY BARRIER;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 34250693212     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2006.11.068     Document Type: Article

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