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Criteria for Restoration of Longitudinal Barriers (2010) / Chapter Skim
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... The scope of this project was limited to w-beam barriers, which are by far the most common barrier in use in the United States. The primary focus was on the barrier length of need sections.
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... This chapter describes each of the three evaluation approaches, i.e., pendulum testing, full scale crash testing, and computational modeling. Chapters 4–14 present the results of the evaluation of the crash performance of longitudinal barriers with minor damage and the recommended repair criteria and the rationale for each criterion.
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  • beam barrier
  • barrier repair
  • beam barriers
  • longitudinal barriers
  • transportation agencies

  • state highway
  • barrier damage
  • crash test
  • finite element
  • quantitative guidelines

  • repair criteria
  • repair guidelines
  • cable barrier
  • affects barrier
  • require repair

  • current repair


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