Theoretical analysis for horizontal curves based on actual discomfort speed

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 843-850

  Awadallah, Faisal ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Friction; Road curves; Road design; Transportation engineering

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FRICTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; SPEED;

ROAD CURVES; SUPERELEVATION RATES; TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 27644568084     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:11(843)     Document Type: Article

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