Distributing superelevation to maximize highway design consistency

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-133

  Easa, Said M ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Highway design; Models; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

SUPERELEVATION;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 0037336211     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:2(127)     Document Type: Article

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