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Six Superlative Sources

· H.E. Ross, Jr, D.L. Sicking, R.A. Zimmer and J.D. Michie, "Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features," National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Report 350, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 1993.

· M.H. Ray and R.G. McGinnis, "Guardrail and Median Barrier Crashworthiness," National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Synthesis 244, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 1997.

· Select Committee on Highway Safety, "Highway Design and Operational Practices Related to Highway Safety" (the "yellow book"), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 1977.

· K.A. Stonex, "Roadside Design for Safety," Highway Research Board, Vol. 39 of the Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, 1960.

· M.D. Graham, W.C. Burnett, J.L. Gibson and R.H. Freer, "New Highway Barriers: The Practical Application of Theoretical Design," Highway Research Record Number 174, Highway Research Board, 1967.

· Task Force for Roadside Safety, "Roadside Design Guide," American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 1996.

Other Excellent Sources

· M.E. Bronstad and R.B. Burket, "Evaluation of Timber Weak-Post Guardrail Systems," Highway Research Record 343, Transportation Research Board, 1971.

· C.A. Plaxico, G.S. Patzner, and M.H. Ray, "Finite-Element Modeling of Guardrail Timber Posts and the Post-Soil Interaction," in Transportation Research Record 1647, Transportation Research Board, 1998.

· A.E. Wright and M.H. Ray, "Characterizing Guardrail Steel for LS-Dyna3D Simulations," in Transportation Research Record 1528, Transportation Research Board, 1996.

· AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee, A Standardized Guide to Highway Barrier Hardware, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The American Road and Transportation Builder's Association and the Association of General Contractors, 1979.

· M.H. Ray and G.S. Patzner, "Finite-Element Model of Modified Eccentric Loader Terminal (MELT)," in Transportation Research Board 1599, National Academy Press, 1997.

· C.A. Plaxico, R.M. Hackett and W. Uddin, "Simulation of a Vehicle Impacting a Modified Thrie-Beam Guardrail," in Transportation Research Board 1599, National Academy Press, 1997.

· D.L. Ivey, R. Robertson and C.E. Buth, "Test and Evaluation of W-Beam and Thrie-Beam Guardrails," Report FHWA/RD-82/071, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A and M University, College Station, 1986.

· D. Stout, J. Hinch and T-L Yang, "Force-Deflection Characteristics of Guardrail Posts," Report FHWA-88-193, FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1988.

· C.A. Plaxico, G.S. Patzner and M.H. Ray, "Effect of Post and Soil Strength on the Performance of the Modified Eccentric Loader Breakaway Cable Terminal (MELT)," in Transportation Research Record 1690, Transportation Research Board, 1999.

· C.A. Plaxico, M.H. Ray and K. Hiranmayee, "Comparison of the Impact Performance of the G4(1W) and G4(2W) Guardrail Systems under NCHRP Report 350 Test 3-11 Conditions," in Transportation Research Record 1720, Transportation Research Board, 2000.

· D.L. Sickling and H.E. Ross, Jr., "Structural Optimization of Strong-Post W-Beam Guardrail," in Transportation Research Record 1133, Transportation Research Board, 1987.

· B.A. Coon, J.D. Reid and J.R. Rohde, "Dynamic Impact Testing of Guardrail Posts Embedded in Soil," Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF), University of Nebraska, 1999.

· M.H. Ray, "Impact Conditions in Side-Impact Collisions with Fixed Roadside Objects," Center for Computer Aided Design, University of Iowa, 1998.

· L.A. Troxel, M.H. Ray and J.F. Carney III, "Accident Data Analysis of Side-Impact, Fixed-Object Collisions," Publication No. FHWA-RD-91-122, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1994.

· M.H. Ray and J.F. Carney III, "Side Impact Test and Evaluation Procedures for Roadside Structure Crash Tests," Publication No. FHWA-RD-92-062, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993.

· M.H. Ray and J.F. Carney, "Side Impact Crash Testing of Roadside Structures," Publication No. FHWA-RD-92-079, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1993.

· J.A. Hinch, A.G. Hansen, M.W. Hargrave and D.R. Stout, "Full-Scale Side Impact Testing," Publication No. FHWA-RD-89-157, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1989.

· M.H. Ray and K. Hiranmayee, "Evaluating Human Risk in Side Impact Collisions with Roadside Objects," in Roadside Safety Features, Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board, 2000.

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