Development of Basalt Filament Highway Guardrail

Abstract:

In order to reduce vehicle crash on highway, basalt fiber reinforced guardrail was developed in this study. The wave shaped framework was coated with thermoplastic acrylic resin, using injection molding machine. Tensile strengths of the samples were tested by a 3380Instron and the corresponding property of the composite was calculated on the basis of the composite mechanics. The results indicated that the basalt filament reinforced highway guardrail have the advantages of high strength, excellent corrosion resistance, relative low cost and so on.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 627)
• Pages: 678-681
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.627.678
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Jiao Huang, Zhi Li Zhong, Hua Wu Liu, Jin Wu Lu
• Keywords: Basalt Filament, Composite, Highway Guardrails

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