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Manual On Design Guidelines of Longitudinal Traffic Barrier: Preface
Manual On Design Guidelines of Longitudinal Traffic Barrier: Preface
PREFACE
This manual updates the Arahan Teknik (Jalan) 1/85 published in 1985 with few
minor changes.This issue omits the Chapter on Specification and Bill of Quantities which
was included in the earlier publication and the guardrail specification is now incorporated
into the Standard Specifications for Road Works. Departmental policy on guardrail
installation has been included in this issue.
This Arahan Teknik will be continually updated from time to time and in this respect
any feedback from users will be most welcomed. Any comments should be sent to
Cawangan Jalan,Ibu pejabat JKR, Kuala Lumpur.
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PART I - GENERAL
1.2 DEFINITION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Longitudinal
Longitudinal traffic barriers perform
by redirecting errant vehicles away
from the roadside hazard.
(b)
Crash Cushion
Crash cushion barriers function
primarily by decelerating errant
vehicles to a stop, thus greatly
reducing severity of a head-on impact
with fixed objects that exist in
off-ramp gore areas.
(This document only covers
Longitudinal traffic barriers.)
1.3
FUNCTION OF HIGHWAY
TRAFFIC BARRIER
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WARRANTS CONSIDERATION
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(B)
Roadside Obstacles
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2.3
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(C)
Opposing Traffic
2.3
SELECTION CRITERIA
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2.3.1 Deflection
The major factor in selecting a traffic barrier
system is matching dynamic lateral deflection
characteristics of a system to the space
available at the highway site. For the systems
to perform in a similar manner in actual
service, minimum unobstructed distances
behind guardrails and median barriers must be
equal to or greater than this deflection.
Summaries of basic characteristics of
guardrails, bridge rails and median barriers
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2.4
INSTALLATION LENGTH
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TERMINAL SECTIONS
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2.6
STANDARD GUARDRAIL
SYSTEMS ADOPTED
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2.7DEPARTMENTAL POLICY
i. For all new semi-rigid guardrail
installations,corrugated sheet steel beam
guardrails mounted on steel posts are to be
used. Timber posts may be used on rural
roads of R3 standard and below. The timber
posts shall be of heavy hardwood only of
either Chengal or Bilian.
ii. In the replacement of damaged existing
corrugated sheet steel beam guardrails that
are mounted on timber posts the following
guidelines shall be used to ensure
uniformity and consistency:
a) where the damaged timber posts are more
than five years old, then all the timber posts
in the section shall be replaced with stee
posts.
b) Where the damaged timber posts are less
han 5 years old, then the damaged timber
posts can be replaced with new timber posts
but of either Chengal or Bilian only.
iii. If any deviation from the above guidelines
is considered necessary for specific reasons,
Pengarah Cawangan Jalan, Ibu pejabat JKR
should be consulted for installation on
Federal roads and the State Pengarah JKR
for installations on State roads.
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Roadside.
A strip of land abutting the traffic lanes
including shoulders.Roadside hazard.A roadside feature of such magnitude that vehicular
collision with the feature would be likely to
cause substantial damage to a vehicle, or injury
to its occupants.
Terminal.
The end section of a length of barrier.
Traffic barrier.
An above-ground structure which prevents
errant vehicles colliding with roadside hazards
by redirecting or arresting the vehicles in such
a manner as to minimise injury to occupants or
damage to vehicles.
Vehicle Encroachment.
The movement by an errant vehicle into the
roadside.
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