Model for predicting speed along horizontal curves on two-lane highways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2092, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Bonneson, James A ^a   Pratt, Michael P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; FRICTION; TRIBOLOGY;

CURVE RADIUS; DEFLECTION ANGLES; FRICTION DEMAND; HIGH SPEED; HORIZONTAL CURVES; MODELING COMPONENT; SIDE FRICTION; SPEED PREDICTION MODELS; SUPERELEVATION RATES; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS;

SPEED;

EID: 76149086790     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2092-03     Document Type: Article

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