SIMPLIFIED CLIMBING-LANE DESIGN THEORY AND ROAD-TEST RESULTS

A SIMPLIFIED THEORY OF THE MOTION OF HEAVY VEHICLES ON GRADES IS PRESENTED. A SET OF SPEED-DISTANCE CURVES COMPUTED FROM THE THEORY, BASED ON VALUES OF MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SPEEDS OBSERVED IN ARIZONA, IS GIVEN AS THE CURRENT BASIS FOR DESIGN OF CLIMBING LANES IN TEXAS. SPEED-DISTANCE CURVES REPRESENTING THE OBSERVED PERFORMANCE OF A TEST VEHICLE ON 11 GRADES ARE COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING CURVES DEVELOPED FROM THE THEORY. FAIR AGREEMENT WAS FOUND, AND IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE SIMPLIFIED THEORY IS ACCURATE ENOUGH FOR USE IN THE DESIGN OF CLIMBING LANES. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/104/104-001.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 104, pp 1-11, 18 FIG, 1 TAB, 3 REF Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Huff, T S
  • Scrivner, F H
• Publication Date: 1955

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: Vehicle climbing lanes
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 104
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climbing lanes; Distance; Geometric design; Highway design; Road tests; Speed; Theory
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203390
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 28 1994 12:00AM