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Title: HIGHWAY VERTICAL ALIGNMENT ANALYSIS BY DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
Accession Number: 00495447
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: In this paper, an optimization program developed to produce an optimum vertical highway profile for a preselected horizontal alignment is described. The aim of the program was to provide local highway engineers and planners in Singapore with a practical aid for highway geometric design and location analysis. A dynamic programming formulation was adopted to minimize the overall cost, which includes earthwork, land acquisition, materials, and vehicle operating costs. The program's versatility allows it to model most of the cost items important in highway construction and can also be used to provide quick information on the effects of different geometric design parameters on project costs and to determine the relative importance of different cost categories. A real-life numerical example is presented to illustrate program application.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1239, Geometric Design and Operational Effects. 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
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01414248
Authors: Fwa, T FPagination: p. 1-9
Publication Date: 1989
Serial: ISBN: 0309049660
Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM
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