| Title | Safety Performance Testing of a Modified Oregon Multidirectional Slip-Base Sign Support: FOIL Test Numbers 98F002 and 98F004 |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 21638 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Brown, C. M. |
| Source | 48p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | United States. Federal Highway Administration; MiTech Incorporated |
| Publisher | United States. Federal Highway Administration |
| Publication Date | 19981000 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This report contains the test procedures, test setup, and test results from two crash tests performed at the Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) located at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, Virginia. The objective of these tests was to evaluate the safety performance of a small sign support system provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation (DOT) and to provide Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) finite element model simulation engineers with data on the performance of a slip-base sign support. Previous tests on large Oregon slip-base sign supports conducted at the FOIL demonstrated an improvement in safety performance by increasing the previous bolt-notch angle from 60 degrees and 90 degrees. The change was implemented into a small slip-base sign support design and tested at the FOIL. This report documents the results from two crash tests using the FOIL bogie vehicle and the Oregon Dot's 3X3 TBB sign support. The tests were conducted at nominal test speeds of 35km/h and 100km/h. The sign support met the FHWA safety erformance criteria outlines in National Cooperative Highway Research (NCHRP) report number 350. |
| Rosap ID | dot:5419 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5419 |
| TRT Terms | Performance tests; Sign supports; Crash tests; Highway safety |
| General Subjects | Acceleration; Graphs(Charts); Impact tests; Oregon; Photographic techniques; Safety engineering; Sign supports; Test methods; Velocity |
| Classification | NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| OCLC | 45805773 |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
769465 |
| Contract Number | DTFH61-94-C-00008 |
| Report Number | FHWA-RD-98-111 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/21000/21600/21638/PB99129959.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |