Design of sag vertical curves in three-dimensional alignments

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-58

  Hassan, Y ^b   Easa, S M ^a,b  

^a ASCE ^*

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0012385746     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(1998)124:1(52)     Document Type: Article

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