Acknowledgements

This report has been prepared with funds provided by the United States Department of Transportation to the Mountain-Plains Consortium (MPC). The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Structural Engineering Laboratory at Colorado State University for the use of test and measurement equipment critical to the collection and evaluation of the data presented in this report. Finally, the authors would like to thank Wheeler Consolidated, Inc., which provided the materials for the conventional guardrail specimen used in prior studies. Although the firm had no participation in the study described herein, the availability of that specimen was invaluable for material donations used in the preparation of test specimens.

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The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the information presented. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program, in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof.