Establishing design guidelines for compound horizontal curves on three-dimensional alignments

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 615-626

  Easa, Said ^a   Dabbour, Essam ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D alignments; Compound horizontal alignments; Highway geometric design; Side friction; Vehicle simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVES (ROAD); HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPOUND HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENTS; HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN; SIDE FRICTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ALIGNMENTS; VEHICLE SIMULATION;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 27344457289     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l05-016     Document Type: Article

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