Dynamic responses of connections in road safety barriers

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 635-641

  Bayton, D A F ^a,c   Long, R ^b   Fourlaris, G ^c  

^a Llanwern Works   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connection; Crash; Fastener; Finite element analysis; Safety barrier; Steel

Indexed keywords

BOLTED CONNECTIONS; CONNECTION; CONNECTION SLOTS; CRASH; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXPLICIT DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HIGH STRAIN RATES; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; INITIAL STIFFNESSES; LABORATORY TESTS; LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; REPRESENTATIVE TESTS; RESEARCH WORKS; ROAD SAFETY BARRIERS; SAFETY BARRIER; SAFETY BARRIERS; STATIC STRAINS; VEHICLE CRASHES;

AUTOMOBILE TESTING; BOLTS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ROADS AND STREETS; STIFFNESS; TESTING;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 57249116886     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.05.048     Document Type: Article

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