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Improved Horizontal Curve Design Consistency Approach Using Steady-State Bicycle Model Combined with Realistic Speeds and Path Radii
| 题名： | Improved Horizontal Curve Design Consistency Approach Using Steady-State Bicycle Model Combined with Realistic Speeds and Path Radii |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Biljana Maljkovic;Drazen Cvitanic |
| 作者单位： | Dept. of Transportation Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering Architecture and Geodesy Univ. of Split Matice hrvatske 15 Split 21000 Croatia;Dept. of Transportation Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering Architecture and Geodesy Univ. of Split Matice hrvatske 15 Split 21000 Croatia |
| 关键词： | Horizontal curve; Design consistency; Safety margin; Steady-state bicycle model; Operating speed; Vehicle path radius |
| 摘要： | Three safety concerns have been identified in the conventional design consistency assessment procedure for horizontal curves: approximation of the vehicle by the point-mass model, use of unrealistic speeds, and the assumption that the path radius is equal to the design curve radius. This study presents a novel approach to the consistency assessment of horizontal curves in terms of vehicle stability (represented as the safety margin). The novel approach involves calculating the safety margins using the steady-state bicycle model to account for the nonuniform distribution of friction among individual axles due to grade and speed changes and using more-realistic driver behavior parameters. In this study, the realistic driver behavior parameters refer to the modeled operating speeds and calculated vehicle path radii, which were defined based on naturalistic driving data collected through a real-world experiment on a section of a two-lane state road using a GPS device. The analysis showed that the traditional safety margins for sharp curves are unrealistically large compared with the margins defined by the proposed approach; this indicates that the conventional approach uses a larger friction margin than the optimum friction margin. Consequently, the conventional approach results in the application of curves with radii smaller than those required for safe driving. Moreover, the results show that braking on a sharp curve on a steep downgrade is the most critical situation for the loss of lateral vehicle stability. Overall, this study highlights the significance of incorporating additional factors in the design procedure for horizontal curves that affect the safety of the curve, which are not considered in the point-mass model. The most significant factors considered in this study were the grade, driving maneuver in terms of speed change, operating speed, and vehicle path radius. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Journal of Transportation Engineering |
| 卷： | 148 |
| 期： | 9 |
| 页码： | 04022069.1-04022069.12 |
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