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Dynamic Evaluation of the New FOIL Instrumented
Rigid Pole: FOIL Test Numbers 96F008 Through 96F015
FHWA-RD-99-026
FOREWORD
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory
(FOIL) has always had a unique feature in its instrumented rigid pole, which
was designed to measure frontal and side-impact crush characteristics of small
passenger vehicles. With the adoption of the National Cooperative Highway Research
Program Report Number 350 (NCHRP 350) as the new crash test standard, and an
increasing interest in vehicle collisions with narrow objects, the need developed
for computer-generated finite element models (FEM) of full-size pickup trucks.
This necessitated the need for a new, larger capacity rigid pole. A new, taller,
stouter rigid pole was designed and fabricated. This report documents the test
procedures and test results from seven frontal full-scale vehicle crash tests
between FOIL's new rigid pole and test vehicles ranging in size from FOIL's
surrogate bogie to a full-size Chevrolet C2500 pickup truck.
This report (FHWA-RD-99-026) contains test data, photographs taken with high-speed
film, and a summary of the test results.
This report will be of interest to all State departments of transportation,
FHWA headquarters, Region and Division personnel, and highway safety researchers
interested in the crashworthiness of roadside safety hardware.
Michael F. Trentacoste, Director
Office of Safety Research and
Development
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1. Report No.
FHWA-RD-99-026
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Government Accession No. |
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Recipient's Catalog No. |
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4. Title and Subtitle
Dynamic Evaluation of the New FOIL Instrumented Rigid Pole: FOIL Test
Numbers 96F008 Through 96F015
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5. Report Date
December 1998
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6. Performing Organization
Code
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7. Author(s)
Christopher M. Brown
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8. Performing Organization
No.
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9. Performing Organization
Name and Address
MiTech Incorporated
8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 950
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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10. Work Unit No.
(TRAIS)
3A5F3142
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11. Contract or Grant
No.
DTFH61-94-C-00008
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12. Sponsoring Agency
Name and Address
Office of Safety and Traffic Operations R&D
Federal Highway Administration
6300 Georgetown Pike, T-304
McLean, Virginia 22101-2296
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13. Type of Report
and Period Covered
Test Report
March-July 1996
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14. Sponsoring Agency
Code
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15. Supplementary
Notes
Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) - Richard King,
HSR-20
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16. Abstract
This report contains the test procedures, test setup followed, and
the test results from seven frontal full-scale vehicle crash tests conducted
at the Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) located at the Turner-Fairbank
Highway Research Center in McLean, Virginia. The frontal collisions
were between FOIL's new, larger capacity rigid pole and test vehicles
ranging in size from FOIL's surrogate bogie vehicle to a full-size Chevrolet
C2500 pickup truck. Two FOIL bogies, two Ford Festivas, one Volkswagen
Rabbit, one Ford pickup truck, and one Chevrolet pickup truck were accelerated
to varying speeds before striking the large rigid pole. This series
of seven crash tests served multiple purposes, with the main objective
being to get the new, larger capacity rigid pole operational. The results
from the crash tests indicated that the new rigid pole was operational
and structurally sound.
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17. Key Words
Rigid pole, FOIL, frontal, C2500 pickup, bogie, Festiva, VW, F150,
FEM
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18. Distribution
Statement
No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the
National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161.
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19. Security Classification
(of this report)
Unclassified
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20.
Security Classification (of this page)
Unclassified
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21. No. of Pages
155
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22.
Price |
Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction
of completed page authorized
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