Vehicle Security Barrier as a Counter-Measure Facility Against Deliberate and Accidental Vehicle Impact
摘要
The authors had provided the background to, and highlighted the importance of, testing vehicle security barriers (VSB) to prevailing Test Standards. This paper provides an update of surface-mounted VSBs in view of the recently-approved International Organization for Standardization document that has superseded previous Standards where they have been specified in many security projects around the world. The current US Standard remains applicable as a compliant document although this is mainly used outside of Europe. The differences between the ISO document and a previous withdrawn Standard are stark. The classification of test results in ISO now includes, inter alia, debris of a lower mass, different penetration measurement points, and an increased number of vehicle types to reflect a global vehicle fleet. This paper addresses many of the issues that may require risk assessors and security engineers to rethink new threats going forward. A comparison of the major differences between the various test Standards used in risk assessment methodology are provided. Results from a recently-tested surface-mounted reinforced concrete VSB with an integrated security fencing is discussed. The VSB was conceptualised from a preliminary momentum-based design approach to derive a preliminary barrier, and then modified accordingly to fit the specification.