Five series of impact tests were conducted. The first series explored the behavior of the minisized vehicles impacting breakaway luminaire supports under frontal and side impact conditions. The second series used the FOIL bogie vehicle and automobiles to validate bogie simulation of a minisized vehicle. The third series of tests were conducted with the FOIL bogie vehicle to demonstrate the performance of the bogie vehicle. The fourth series investigated the influence of the point of application of the impact force on breakaway performance. The last series of tests were side impact tests to determine vehicle side impact characteristics and to explore the performance of existing breakaway hardware in a side impact mode. The FOIL facility is capable of accelerating vehicles weighing up to 2500 pounds to speeds of 60 mi/h for frontal testing and to speeds of 45 mi/h for side impact testing.
Laboratory Procedures to Determine the Breakaway Behavior of Luminaire Supports in Minisized Vehicle Collisions. Volume 2. Technical Report
1987
277 pages
Report
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Englisch