Design and Construction of a Truck Arrester Bed Research Facility.

During the summer of 1984, an Arrester Bed Research Facility was constructed adjacent to the Pavement Durability Research Facility of the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute. The Arrester Bed Research Facility is to be used for experimentation in the mechanism of stopping runaway vehicles with escape ramps. The results of the study will be empirically-substantiated criteria for the design of highway escape ramps. This report is the first segment of a paper which will include descriptions of 1 construction of the arrester bed, 2 experiments performed, 3 analysis and presentation of results, and 4 recommended design criteria. Specific items covered in this first report are 1 background information, 2 design description, 3 construction phase elements, and 4 work sampling studies and productivity reports. Author