| dc.creator | Alberson, Dean C. | |
| dc.creator | Bullard, D. Lance, Jr. | |
| dc.creator | Buth, C. Eugene | |
| dc.creator | Bligh, Roger P. | |
| dc.creator | Abuy-Odeh, Akran Y. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-20T21:14:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-01-20T21:14:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/192127 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An end treatment for a guardrail safety system includes a terminal portion of a guardrail beam comprising a downstream end and upstream end, a first tension cable coupled to an upstream end of the terminal portion. An extruder configured to receive at least a portion of the guardrail beam and at least a portion of the first tension cable, and a terminal support post installed adjacent the roadway at an upstream end of the terminal portion of the guardrail beam. The extruder includes a narrowing throat providing a channel in which at least a portion of the guardrail beam is disposed. The narrowing throat is configured to flatten the guardrail beam in response to a collision with a vehicle moving the extruder in a downstream direction along the guardrail beam. The terminal support post coupled to an upstream end of the first tension cable. | en |
| dc.language | EN | |
| dc.publisher | United States. Patent and Trademark Office | |
| dc.rights | Public Domain (No copyright - United States) | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| dc.title | Tension end treatment for guardrail safety system | en |
| dc.type | Utility patent | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.description.country | US | |
| dc.contributor.assignee | The Texas A&M University System | |
| dc.identifier.patentapplicationnumber | 15/214888 | |
| dc.date.filed | 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z | |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
| dc.subject.cpcprimary | E01F 15/143 | |
| dc.subject.cpcprimary | E01F 15/025 | |
