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https://doi.org/10.3141/1701-14

http://scholar.google.com...ster&publication_year=2000

The speed profiles of trucks in rolling and mountainous terrain are important when assessing design consistency of highways. A method is described for calculating speed profiles for trucks on a vertical alignment. It proceeds from the assumption that acceleration of a truck is a linear function of its speed. The main advantage of the method is that a speed profile can be calibrated for a specific population of trucks. A few examples are given.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1701, Design Speed, Operating Speed, and Sight Distance Issues.

English

p. 111-115

2000

Transportation Research Record

0309066808

Figures (2) ; References (9) ; Tables (3)

Highway design; Mountain roads; Speed; Trucks

Design consistency; Speed profiles; Vertical alignment

Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Sep 29 2000 12:00AM

• DESIGN SPEED AND OPERATING SPEED IN RURAL HIGHWAY ALIGNMENT DESIGN
• DETERMINING THE BEST METHOD FOR MEASURING NO-PASSING ZONES
• DRIVER BRAKING PERFORMANCE IN STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE SITUATIONS
• EVALUATION OF THE PASSING PROCESS ON TWO-LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS
• GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF LOW-SPEED URBAN STREETS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF VEHICULAR SPEED ON MOUNTAIN ROADS
• NEW STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE MODEL FOR USE IN HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN
• OPERATING SPEED ON CREST VERTICAL CURVES WITH LIMITED STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE
• RELIABILITY APPROACH TO INTERSECTION SIGHT DISTANCE DESIGN
• SAFETY EFFECTS OF LIMITED STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE ON CREST VERTICAL CURVES
• SIGHT DISTANCE FOR STOP-CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS BASED ON GAP ACCEPTANCE
• SPEED REDUCTION AS A SURROGATE FOR ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE AT HORIZONTAL CURVES ON RURAL TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS
• SPEED-PROFILE MODEL FOR A DESIGN-CONSISTENCY EVALUATION PROCEDURE IN THE UNITED STATES
• SUMMARY OF DESIGN SPEED, OPERATING SPEED, AND DESIGN CONSISTENCY ISSUES