摘要: |
The road accidents are usually the combination of the driver, the road, the vehicle & the weather. Drivers are often involved in accident because of their own errors, but also because they are affected by a combination of highway and/or vehicle elements and/or weather. During the geometric design of roads/highways normally designer follows the codal provision of geometric design parameters (i.e. horizontal curve, transition, vertical curve, gradient, carriageway width, crossfall & superelvation etc.) independently. In the wet weather condition, the combination effect of geometric design parameters itself create the prone area for aquaplaning which become hazardous for the road users. Seems aquaplaning is drainage issue, actually it is more of geometric issue than a drainage issue. A comprehensive model study shall be carried out to assess the combination effect of these parameters. The objective of this paper to demonstrate the assessment of the aquaplaning and its mitigation to reduce the accidents on the road. Also, an example shown to carried the aquaplaning assessment on National Highway. This is useful for highway design professional to eliminate the aquaplaning areas on carriageway as a statutory requirement of IRC:SP:42-2014 "Guidelines of Road Drainage". |