Reliability-based risk analysis of roadway horizontal curves

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1071-1081

  You, Kesi ^a   Sun, Lu ^b   Gu, Wenjun ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Catholic University of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal curve; Reliability; Risk analysis; Roadway safety

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HORIZONTAL CURVES; PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; RELIABILITY-BASED; ROADWAY SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; VEHICLE PARAMETERS;

AUTOMOBILES; CURVES (ROAD); FAILURE MODES; HIGHWAY PLANNING; RELIABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SKIDDING; TRUCKS; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VEHICLES;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

PAVEMENT; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 84876743555     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000402     Document Type: Article

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