Roadside signs on Florida highways must fulfill two seemingly conflicting structural roles. First, they must withstand hurricane-force winds, and second, they must be able to breakaway when struck by a vehicle. The breakaway requirement is intended to reduce the hazardous, sudden deceleration that can occur when a car leaves the roadway and strikes a roadside sign.
Pendulum Impact Testing of Metallic, Non-metallic, and Hybrid Sign Posts, Phase II. Summary
2016
1 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation , Highway Engineering , Construction Equipment, Materials, & Supplies , Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Roadside signs , Impact testing , Pendulum test , Hybrid sign applications , Metallic signs , non metallic signs , Impact loading , Vehicle safety , Hybrid breakaway structural system , Static flexural loading conditions
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