EFFECT OF CURVATURE AND SIGHT DISTANCE ON THE FREE SPEED OF VEHICLES ON CURVES ON 2-LANE ROADS
As a part of the road user cost study, an investigation was conducted on the determination of relationships between free speeds of different types of vehicles and some of the factors likely to influence free speeds. The investigation was based on the assumption that free speeds of vehicles on individual curves depended on important factors such as curve radius, sight distance and roughness. The paper gives an account of the investigation work and presents the results. (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Indian Roads Congress
Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
New Delhi, India 110 011 -
Authors:
- KADIYALI, L R
- VISWANATHAN, E
- JAIN, P K
- Gupta, R K
- Publication Date: 1981
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 1-18
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Serial:
- Highway Research Bulletin, (New Delhi)
- Issue Number: 16
- Publisher: Indian Roads Congress
- ISSN: 0376-4788
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alignment; Curvature; Highway curves; Highways; Mathematical analysis; Motor vehicles; Paved shoulders; Radius; Roughness; Sight distance; Smoothness; Speed; Surfacing; Traffic speed; Two lane highways; Vehicles; Visibility distance; Width
- Uncontrolled Terms: Free speed
- Old TRIS Terms: Radius of curvature
- ITRD Terms: 2894: Alignment; 6471: Analysis (math); 2872: Bend (road); 2870: Degree of curvature; 3071: Evenness; 2916: Hard shoulder; 2755: Highway; 6402: Radius; 5408: Speed; 2972: Surfacing; 1255: Vehicle; 6793: Visibility distance; 6479: Width
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00390551
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 30 1985 12:00AM