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Applications in Traffic & Highway

Engineering
HCM2000 Design Charts
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Level of Service and Capacity Analysis:

Multilane Highway Facility


HCM 2000 -Ch 21st

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Level of Service and Capacity Analysis: Multilane Highway Facility

DDHV = AADT * K * D

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Analysis: Multilane Highway Facility

Level of Service Adjustment Factors

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Level of Service and Capacity
Analysis: Multilane Highway Facility

Level of Service Adjustment Factors

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Transportation Engineering
Geometric Design for
Horizontal & Vertical Curves
AASHTO

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Horizontal Curve Design: Geometry and Design Formulas

V2
SSD  V  t PRT 
2 g ( f  0.01G)

V2
 0.01e  f l
gR

T  R tan( / 2)
M  R1  cos( / 2)
 1 
E  R  1
 cos( / 2) 
L(curve length)  R * 
Lc (cord length)  2 * R sin( / 2)

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Horizontal Curve Design: Side Friction vs. Design Speed

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Tangent to Curve
Transition
Superelevation Runoff

Minimum Length of Tangent Runout

You may use :


Lt = 2/3 Lr

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Horizontal Curve Widening

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Horizontal Curve Widening

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Transportation Engineering
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Transportation Engineering
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Engineering
WB 20D WB 33D
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Speed km/hr

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%
7%
8%

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Vertical Curves

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Crest Curves

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Transportation Engineering
Sage Curves

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Sage Curve Checks

Comfort:

Drainage: L / A < 51

Appearance: L min = 30A

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