• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1998년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.117-124
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• 1998

New Thrie-Beam guardrail section has been developed. The Characteristic of its geometry, energy absorbing capability and response to impact has been studied and compared with those of conventional W-Beam guardrail system. To compare the response to impact computer simulation using Barrier Ⅶ program was made. Stretch tests and static loading tests were conducted for the performance verifications.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2003

W-beam guardrail system has been the most popular roadside safety device around the world. Through large plastic deformation and corresponding energy dissipation, a W-beam guardrail system contains and re-directs out-of-control vehicles so as to reduce the impact damage on the vehicle occupants and the vehicles themselves. In this paper, our recent experiments on 1 : 3.75 downscaled W-beam and the beam-post system are reported. The static and impact test results on the load characteristics, the global response and the local cross-sectional distortion are reveled. The effects of three different end-boundary conditions for the beam-only testing are examined. It is found that the load characteristics are much dependent on the combined contribution of the local cross-sectional distortion and the end-supporting conditions. The energy Partitioning between the beam and the supporting Posts in the beam-Post-system testing were also examined. The results showed that the energy dissipation partitioning changed with the input impact energy. Finally, a simple mass-spring model is developed to assess the dynamic response of a W-beam guardrail system in response to an impact loading. The model's prediction agrees well with the experimental results.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.381-393
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• 2001

최근 교통상항은 교통량의 급격한 증가와 차종의 다양성에 그 특성이 있다. 우리나라에서 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 W형 보를 사용한 가드레일은 $14ton-60Km/h-15^{\circ}$ 의 충돌조건에 대하여 구조물의 강성이 충분치 못한 반면에, 보다 현실적인 충돌속도에 대하여 소형차의 탑승자 안전을 충족시키지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 대형차에 대응하기 위하여 구조물의 강성을 증가시키는 일과 소형차에 대하여 탑승자의 안전을 도모(에너지 소산)해야하는 두 가지의 서로 상반된 목표를 달성하기 위하여, 두께 3.2mm의 강판을 이용한 보의 고무로 만든 충격 흡수재를 이용한 트라이-빔 가드레일 시스템을 고안하여 정적 실내실험, 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 및 실차 충돌실험을 통하여 거동 및 성능을 조사하였다. 2%의 무게증가로 기존의 W형 보에 비하여 보의 높이가 약 100mm 증가된 트라이-빔(450mm)가드레일 시스템은 범퍼 높이가 다른 다양한 차종에 보다 좋은 수용능력을 보였고 강성과 충격흡수 능력 또한 W-보 가드레일 시스템에 비하여 크게 향상되었다. 그리고 실차 충돌실험을 실시한 결과 NCHRP 350의 Test 3-10 충돌시 성능 요건을 만족시켰다.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2014

PURPOSES : This paper evaluates, using LS/DYNA-3D software, the vehicle impact performance of flexible barriers made of steel W-Beam supported by four different types of post configurations. These types include circular post, H-shape post, C-shape post, and square post. METHODS : The post-soil interaction has been investigated according to different impact angles. For this purpose, energy absorption, maximum displacements of post and rail, and occupant risk index of THIV have been compared each other. The three dimensional soil material model, instead of the conventional spring model based on Winkler and p-y curve, has been used to increase the correctness of computational model. RESULTS : It is noted the crash energy absorption has been increased with respect to the increase of impact angle. CONCLUSIONS : In particular, a post with open section(H-shape, C-shape) shows the greater crash energy absorption capability as compared with a post with closed section under the same level of impact conditions.