Abstract:The concrete guardrail has the advantages of strong anti-collision ability and small deformation, but has poor buffer capacity for vehicle impact and has a large deadweight. Based on reinforced concrete F-type guardrail, by introducing the rubber and steel plate, a new combined guardrail is designed. By allowing a certain deformation to alleviate the damage caused by vehicle impact, and ensuring the anti-collision function at the same time, the deadweight can be reduced. The finite element software ANSYS/LS-DYNA and HyperMesh are used to simulate and analyse the collision. The numerical simulation results show that the new guardrail can absorb energy more effectively than the reinforced concrete guardrail, and can effectively reduce the peak impact force. The new guardrail has better guidance than the reinforced concrete guardrail, and can reduce the hazard in the collision process. In the process of guardrail design, the attention should be paid to the height of guardrail and the length of the root straight section. While the induction ability is improved, it is also necessary to prevent the car from rolling hazard.