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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 231, 2018
12th International Road Safety Conference GAMBIT 2018 - “Road Innovations for Safety - The National and Regional Perspective”
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| Article Number | 01005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Safe road infrastructure | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201823101005 | |
| Published online | 16 November 2018 | |
Finite element method simulations of various cases of crash tests with N2/W4/A steel road barrier
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
* Corresponding author: stanisław.burzynski@pg.edu.pl
The subject of this study is performance of N2/W4/A steel road safety barrier investigated in numerical simulations. System was checked under several types of initial conditions, which were assumed basing on the TB11 and TB32 normative crash tests. The main goal of present study is to investigate the relationship between initial conditions (angle and velocity) of the impact and the severity indices (associated to the vehicle occupant) during the collision. Obtained performance parameters and impact severity indexes may be considered reasonable. Results of the simulations facilitates the deep insight into vehicle crash mechanics phenomena.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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