Validation and applications of a certified road barrier computational model, including soil model, in accordance with European standards
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Road safety, Finite elements, Validation, European standardAbstract
This paper develops a methodology for validating virtual models of certified crash barriers, applying the guidelines set out in the European standard. The need for validation arises from the requirements of the country's roads to ensure the proper performance of a road restraint system in different risk situations, which cannot always be verified by real-world testing. Having a reliable numerical model also has other notable advantages: it is a tool for designing new barriers or specific road safety solutions; it allows the variation in the containment of a system to be evaluated with modifications to its design. Finally, in this work, a soil model is added to include terrain conditions in these evaluations, a field that is not covered by the standards governing the certification of road containment systems.
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