TTI Research Supervisor:
William F. Williams, P.E.
Associate Research Engineer
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
TAMU 3135
College Station, Texas 77843-3135
(979) 317-2707 [email protected]
Pooled Fund Technical Representative:
Andy Pott Senior Bridge Design and Construction Engineer Division of Project Support, Staff Bridge Design and Construction Management Colorado Depart. of Transportation 4201 E Arkansas Ave, 4th Floor Denver, CO 80222
(303) 512-4020 [email protected]
ABSTRACT
There is a need, during the course of normal MASH compliance testing or component testing with respect to MASH Requirements, to utilize instrumentation to measure and record stress and strain data in components for use in further research. This instrumentation typically is in the form of strain gages installed at strategic locations on components to measure stresses and strain in members/components at key locations for critical loading. The purpose project was to establish a funding mechanism for adding instrumentation to a project for the collection/measurement of stresses and strains in test installation components. MASH Testing of Luminaire Pole on Single Slope Traffic Rail, TTI Project 440863 was the project chosen for this additional research. A full scale crash test was performed on the installation on June 22, 2023. All collected data from this project was collected and provided in excel format to Colorado DOT after the crash test. Analyzing the data was performed by Colorado DOT and was not a part of this project for TTI.
