Risk-based approach for highway geometric design

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 15, 2008, Pages 37-48

  Sarhan, M ^a   Hassan, Y ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combined alignment; Reliability analysis; Sight distance

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; DESIGN BASIS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; RISK-BASED APPROACH; SAFE DESIGNS; SIGHT DISTANCE;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

DESIGN;

EID: 80052606961     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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