Three-dimensional, probabilistic highway design sight distance application

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2060, 2008, Pages 10-18

  Sarhan, Mohamed ^a   Hassan, Yasser ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY PLANNING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROADS AND STREETS;

'CURRENT; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESIGN PRACTICE; DETERMINISTICS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; PROBABILISTICS; PROBABILISTICS APPROACH; RELIABILITY-BASED; ROAD SEGMENTS; SIGHT DISTANCE;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 56749169663     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2060-02     Document Type: Article

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