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This book helps readers maximize effectiveness in all facets of highway engineering including planning, design, operations, safety, and geotechnical engineering. It features a seven part treatment, beginning with a clear and rigorous exposition of highway engineering concepts. These include project...

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Main Authors: Findley, Daniel J. (Author), Schroeder, Bastian J. (Author), Cunningham, Christopher M. (Author), Brown, Thomas H. (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier Ltd., 2016.
Subjects:
Highway engineering.
Traffic engineering.
Technique routière.
Technique de la circulation.
traffic engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Highway engineering
Traffic engineering
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book helps readers maximize effectiveness in all facets of highway engineering including planning, design, operations, safety, and geotechnical engineering. It features a seven part treatment, beginning with a clear and rigorous exposition of highway engineering concepts. These include project development, and the relationship between planning, operations, safety, and highway types (functional classification). Planning concepts and a four-step process overview are covered, along with trip generation, equations versus rates, trip distribution, and shortest path models equations versus rates. This is followed by parts concerning applications for horizontal and vertical alignment, highway geometric design, traffic operations, traffic safety, and civil engineering topics. --
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:References3. Horizontal and Vertical Alignment; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Corridor Selection; 3.2.1 Case Study; References; 3.3 Sight Distance; 3.3.1 Stopping and Decision Sight Distance; Reference; Stopping Sight Distance for Horizontal Curves; 3.3.2 Passing Sight Distance; 3.4 Highway Alignment; 3.4.1 Horizontal Alignment; Traverses; Horizontal Curve Fundamentals; Simple Horizontal Curves; Reverse Horizontal Curves; Compound Horizontal Curves; Spiral Horizontal Curves; Superelevation; Forces on a Vehicle in a Horizontal Curve; Horizontal Curve Design Process; 3.4.2 Vertical Alignment
ISBN:9780128013557
0128013559