Three-Dimensional Highway Design Methodologies Based on Piecewise Polynomials and Integral Bézier Splines
In this paper we present two 3-dimensional highway design methodologies, one based on piecewise polynomials and another based on integral Bézier splines. We present several practical examples to demonstrate the applicability of the approaches in real-world highway design processes from the driver's safety perspective. We also present the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed and existing methodologies. We also discuss the interrelations among safety, environment, and energy from highway design perspective. The developed methodologies can aid in better design of next generation of highways and also aid in the future research in vehicle infrastructure integration, route guidance, congestion management, and communication technologies.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABJ95 Visualization in Transportation.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Jha, Manoj K
- Karri, Gautham
- Kuehn, Wolfgang
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
- Date: 2013
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 18p
- Monograph Title: TRB 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Fuel consumption; Highway design; Mathematical models; Methodology; Polynomials; Splines
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I71: Traffic Theory;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01474149
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 13-5362
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 28 2013 2:42PM