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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2016.31.2.83

A Simulation Case Study on Impact Safety Assessment of Roadside Barriers Built with High Anti-corrosion Hot-dip Alloy-coated Steel  

Noh, Myung-Hyun (Structure Research Group, Steel Solution Marketing Department, POSCO)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.31, no.2, 2016 , pp. 83-89 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the world's industrial development quickens, the highways and regional expressways have been expanding to serve the logistics and transportation needs of people. The burgeoning road construction has led to a growing interest in roadside installations. These must have reliable performance over long periods, reduced maintenance and high durability. Steel roadside barriers are prone to corrosion and other compromises to their functionality. Therefore, using high anti-corrosion steel material is now seen as a viable solution to this problem. Thus, the objective of this paper is to expand the scope of applications for high anti-corrosion steel material for roadside barriers. This paper assesses the impact safety such as structural performance, occupant protection performance and post-impact vehicular response performance by a simulation review on roadside barriers built with high strength anti-corrosion steel materials named as hot-dip zinc-aluminium-magnesium alloy-coated steel. The simulation test results for the roadside barriers built with high strength anti-corrosion steels with reduced sectional thickness meet the safety evaluation criteria, hence the proposed roadside barrier made by high strength and high anti-corrosion hot-dip zinc-aluminium-magnesium alloy-coated steel will be a good solution to serve safe impact performance as well as save maintenance cost.
Keywords
roadside barrier; hot-dip zinc-aluminium-magnesium alloy-coated steel; structural adequacy; passenger protection performance; vehicle trajectory;
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