Side friction and speed as controls for horizontal curve design

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 473-480

  Bonneson, James A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVES (ROAD); FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HORIZONTAL CURVES; VEHICULAR SIDE FRICTION;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0033365773     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(1999)125:6(473)     Document Type: Article

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