Development of models for predicting speed on horizontal curves for two-lane rural highways

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 2 B, 2008, Pages 365-377

  Abdul Mawjoud, Ayman A ^a   Sofia, Gandhi G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^b MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Curves; Highways; Regression models; Speeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049128246     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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