Investigating the use of small-diameter softwood as guardrail posts : static test results /

Investigating the use of small-diameter softwood as guardrail posts : static test results /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Madison, WI : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, [2007]
Description:23 pages : digital, PDF file.
Language:English
Series:Research note FPL ; RP-640
Research note FPL ; 640.
Subject:
Roads -- Guard fences -- Testing.
Wood poles -- Testing.
Format: E-Resource U.S. Federal Government Document Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7353269
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Kretschmann, David E.
Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
Notes:Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 12, 2008).
"July 2007."
Includes bibliographical references.
Mode of access: Internet via the USDA Forest Service web site. Address as of 09/12/08: http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplrp/fpl%5frp640.pdf; current access available via PURL.
Also issued in print.
Summary:Round guardrail posts may provide an important value-added option for small-diameter thinnings. Such posts require minimum processing and have been shown to have higher strength compared to the equivalent rectangular volume. The resulting value-added product may bring a higher return compared to lumber. The obstacles to immediate utilization of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir guardrail posts are the need for full-scale crash testing, a visual grading rule, and an installation guide. This paper reports on the static and dynamic tests performed at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, and the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility in Lincoln, Nebraska, to determine material properties for designing a new Midwest Guardrail System for round wood posts. Grading practices are recommended for round ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and southern yellow pine guardrail posts for the new Midwest Guardrail System.
Other form:Investigating the use of small-diameter softwood as guardrail posts
GPO item no.:0083-B-04 (online)
Govt.docs classification:A 13.78:FPL-RP-640

Similar Items