Effect of Gradient and Its Length on Performance of Vehicles under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 136, Issue 12
Abstract
Study of the basic traffic-flow characteristics and clear understanding of vehicular interaction are the prerequisites for highway capacity and level of service analyses and to formulate effective traffic regulation and control measures. Computer simulation has emerged as an effective technique for modeling traffic flow and to study the flow characteristics over a wide range of roadway and traffic conditions due to its capability to account for the randomness related to traffic. This paper is concerned with application of a simulation model of heterogeneous traffic flow, named HETEROSIM, to quantify the vehicular interaction, in terms of passenger car unit (PCU), for the different categories of vehicles, by considering the traffic flow of representative composition, on up-grades of different magnitudes for intercity roads in India. The PCU estimates, determined through microscopic simulation, for the different types of vehicles in heterogeneous traffic, for a wide range of grades and traffic volumes, indicate that the PCU value of a vehicle significantly changes with change in traffic volume and magnitude of grade and its length.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 136 • Issue 12 • December 2010
Pages: 1120 - 1136
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Received: Oct 25, 2009
Accepted: Apr 30, 2010
Published online: May 11, 2010
Published in print: Dec 2010
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