NCHRP Report 554:

Aesthetic Concrete Barrier Design

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Size: 87 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2006

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Nauman M Sheikh; Rebecca R Haug; D Lance Bullard; James R Schutt; Beverly J Storey; Roger P Bligh; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 554: Aesthetic Concrete Barrier Design provides guidance for the aesthetic treatment of concrete safety shape barriers.

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Front Matter	i-ix
Research Objective	1-1	(skim)
Review of the Literature	2-2	(skim)
Summary of Literature Review	3-3	(skim)
Survey of State DOTs	4-4	(skim)
Survey of U.S. and International Crash Test Laboratories	5-15	(skim)
Developing a Definition for Aesthetics	16-16	(skim)
Factors Affecting Design	17-17	(skim)
Applications	18-22	(skim)
Viewer Preference Survey	23-28	(skim)
Aesthetic Design Discussion	29-29	(skim)
Overall Summary of the Development Approach	30-31	(skim)
Introduction	32-32	(skim)
Pilot Study and Finite Element Model Validation	33-46	(skim)
Generalized Surface Asperity Definition	47-47	(skim)
Preliminary Aesthetic Design Guidelines	48-55	(skim)
Crash Test Conditions and Evaluation Criteria	56-56	(skim)
Selection Considerations for Crash Test Configurations	57-58	(skim)
Crash Test 2 (474630-2)	59-59	(skim)
Crash Test 4 (474630-4)	60-61	(skim)
Crash Test 6 (474630-6)	62-63	(skim)
Crash Test 7 (474630-7)	64-65	(skim)
Comparison with Guidelines for Single-Slope and Vertical-Face Barriers andStone Masonry Guardwalls	66-69	(skim)
Chapter 8 - Conclusions	70-70	(skim)
References	71-71	(skim)
Appendix - Guidelines for Aesthetic Barrier Design	72-77	(skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	78-78	(skim)

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Aesthetic Concrete Barrier Design

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