Driving dynamic aspects and related safety issues for modern geometric design of non-built-up roads

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1523, 1996, Pages 34-45

  Lamm, Ruediger ^a   Psarianos, Basil ^b   Soilemezoglou, George ^c   Kanellaidis, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NAMA Consulting Engineers and Planners SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CURVES (ROAD); DYNAMICS; EVALUATION; FRICTION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; SPEED;

DRIVING DYNAMIC; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; NON BUILT UP ROADS; SIDE FRICTION FACTORS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 0030290738     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1523-05     Document Type: Article

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