Simulation-based assessment of vehicle safety behavior under hazardous driving conditions

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 304-315

  Chen, Suren ^a   Chen, Feng ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Conditions; Hazardous; Simulation; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT CONDITIONS; ACCIDENT RISKS; ADVANCED SIMULATION; ASSESSMENT MODELS; COUPLING EFFECT; CRITICAL VARIABLES; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; DRIVING CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EXTREME CONDITIONS; HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; ICY ROAD; INJURY RISK; NEW MODEL; SAFE DRIVING; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION-BASED; SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES; TRANSIENT PROCESS; VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; VEHICLE SAFETY; WIND GUST;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILES; CHANNEL CAPACITY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY VEHICLES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UTILITY TRUCKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 77953337615     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000093     Document Type: Article

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