THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE SPACE OCCUPIED BY VEHICLES IN CURVES

TEORIA E REALITA DELL' INSCRIZIONE IN CURVA DEGLI AUTOVEICOLI

The Ecu viaduct is a continuous beam, prestressed reinforced space occupied by vehicles when negotiating curves. Of the Common Market countries only Germany has similar standards. Theoretical recommendations have evolved within the community to facilitate the free interchange of road vehicles. This paper shows that a purely theoretical treatment of the space occupied in curves cannot give the practical guarantees required for traffic safety, by analyses of the road- and lane-width occupation of cars, lorries and articulated vehicles. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Casa Editrice la fiaccola

  Via Carlo Ravizza 62
  Milano,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • MENGOLI, P
• Publication Date: 1976-1

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 53-60
• Serial:
  • Rivista della Strada
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 414
  • Publisher: Casa Editrice la fiaccola

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Highway curves; Pavements; Prestressing; Radius; Size; Specifications; Standards; Traffic safety; Trailers; Trucks; Vehicles; Width
• Uncontrolled Terms: Articulated vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement width
• ITRD Terms: 1058: Air space; 1057: Air transport network; 2872: Bend (road); 9014: Dimension; 1236: Lorry; 6402: Radius; 187: Specification (standard); 177: Specifications
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137773
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM