Assessment of horizontal curves of an existing road using reliability concepts

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1030-1038

  Echaveguren, Tomás ^a   Bustos, Marcelo ^a   de Solminihac, Hernán ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Horizontal curves; Operating speed; Pavement texture; Reliability; Skid resistance

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; PAVEMENTS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; SKID RESISTANCE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

HORIZONTAL CURVES; OPERATING SPEED; PAVEMENT TEXTURE;

CURVES (ROAD);

CURVES (ROAD); FRICTION; PAVEMENTS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; SKID RESISTANCE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 32944458705     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l05-056     Document Type: Article

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