HIGHWAY-VEHICLE-OBJECT SIMULATION MODEL-1976 ENGINEERING MANUAL-VALIDATION

A series of reports have been written to document revised and updated versions of the simulation of highway-vehicle-object interactions in a single vehicle highway environment. The programs documented were developed under FHWA sponsorship to provide the highway safety community with an analytical means of evaluating the effects of highway/roadside environment on safety. This manual is addressed to the engineer and contains evidence of the validity of the HVOSM mathematical model and computer simulation. Both rigorous tests of validity by comparisons with extensively documented full-scale tests and general comparisons are included. (FHWA)

• Corporate Authors:

  Calspan Corporation

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14225

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Contracts and Procurement, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Segal, D J
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 233 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Manuals; Mathematical models; Roadside; Simulation; Validation; Vehicle dynamics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Interaction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00335940
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-76-165 Final Rpt., ZR-5461-V-4-R
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8265
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 22 1981 12:00AM