Design of motorcyclist-friendly guardrail using finite element analysis

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 567-577

  Tan, K S ^a,b   Tan, W ^a   Wong, S V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Malaysia Institute of Road Safety Research ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crash; FE simulation; Guard rail design; Motorcyclist friendly; W beam

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; ROADSIDES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRASH; FE SIMULATION; GUARD-RAIL DESIGN; MOTORCYCLIST-FRIENDLY; W-BEAM;

GUARD RAILS;

EID: 51449104809     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260802293186     Document Type: Article

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