Effect of traffic volume on PCU of vehicles under heterogeneous traffic conditions

Road and Transport Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-49

  Arasan, V Thamizh ^a   Krishnamurthy, K ^a,b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

^c Institution of Engineers   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; HEALTH; MECHANICS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PASSENGER CARS;

(2+1)-DIMENSIONAL; DIFFERENT TYPES; HETEROGENEOUS TRAFFIC; MICRO SIMULATION; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SIMULATION TECHNIQUES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; TRAFFIC STREAMS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; VARIABLE IMPEDANCE;

VEHICLES;

EID: 44649173175     PISSN: 10375783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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