BEng (Hons) Civil Eng

Le 29/04/2022

Université des Mascareignes

DEPARTEMENT GENIE CIVIL & ENVIRONNEMENT

BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering

DS : Introduction Traffic Engineering

29.04.2022
(A Répondre toutes les 4 Questions)

Durée 2h 00

Index Number:

Consignes aux candidat(e)s:

1. A répondre toutes les 4 questions.

2. Vos camera respectif doivent obligatoirement rester allumé pendant toute

la durée du DS. Dans le cas contraire votre DS ne sera pas valide.

3. A la fin du DS vous avez strictement un maximum de 5 minutes pour

télécharcher vos réponses sur MS Teams. C’est votre responsabilité de
rassurer que tous vos matériels informatiques fonctionnent correctement.
Tous problème y relatif ne sera accepter comme raison de délais.

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aucune partie additionnel ne sera accepter.

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1. (a) The speed of 2 vehicles A & B were measured at a point of a road section.
The speed of vehicle A was 120 km/hr and that of vehicle B was 60 km/hr. For
both vehicles, determine:
(i) the Time Mean Speed (5 pts)
(ii) the Space Mean Speed (5 pts)

(b) One lane of a highway is carrying 540 vehicles per hour. Assuming that
vehicle arrival rates at any point along the lane follow a Poisson distribution,
determine the number of vehicles per hour travelling along that lane at
headway of 4 seconds or more? (10 pts)

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2. (a) The average length of each vehicle in a traffic stream is 7.0 m and the
average distance between each vehicle is 2.0 m. The headway at maximum flow
is 1.5 seconds. Determine;
(i) the jam density (5 pts)
(ii) the speed at maximum flow (5 pts)

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2. (b) The average speed of a 1st group of vehicles over a road segment is 45
km/h and their flow is 1350 vehicles per hour. The average speed of a 2nd
group of vehicles over the same segment is 40 km/h and their flow is 1800
vehicles per hour. Determine the maximum flow of the whole traffic stream?
(16 pts)

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3. (a) A section of a highway has a speed-flow relationship of the form:

q = av2 + bv. It is known that at a flow (q) of 2900 veh/h the sms (v) of traffic
is 48 km/h. Determine (i) the speed (v) when the flow is 1400 veh/h? (6 pts)
(ii) the free-flow speed? (6 pts)

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3.(b) Another section of the highway has the following flow density
relationship: q = 50k – 0.156 k2
Determine (i) the maximum flow (qmax) of the highway section? (6 pts)
(ii) the speed at maximum flow? (6 pts)
(iii) the density (k) when the highway is at one-quarter of its capacity? (6 pts)

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4. The maximum flow rate on a road is 1000 vehicles per hour and the free flow
speed is 80 km/h. For an instant when traffic is flowing at 70% of the maximum
flow rate, determine;
(i) the two possible speeds? (8 pts)
(ii) the two possible spacing? (8 pts)
(iii) the two possible headways? (8 pts)

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