Design radius requirements for simple horizontal curves on three-dimensional alignments

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1022-1033

  Easa, Said M ^a   Dabbour, Essam ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geometric design; Horizontal curve radius; Three dimensional alignments; Vehicle stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVES (ROAD); FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED CONTROL; TRUCKS;

DESIGN CONTROL; SUPERELEVATION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

DESIGN; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 1842427888     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l03-022     Document Type: Article

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