Abstract: Existing design policies determine the speed variation of vehicles on upgrades solely as a function of specific values: initial speed, grade, and weight to power ratio. This paper establishes a dynamic model that considers ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is the creation of a suitable methodology capable of deploying elements that characterize the existing infrastructure on rural two-lane highways regarding the location and geometric features of ...

Abstract: An existing vehicle dynamics model was used to define design parameters up to which steady-state cornering conditions apply and consequently lift the restrictions of the point mass model. Besides a passenger car, the motion ...

Abstract: Approximately 47% of fatal crashes in the US and 36% in the European Union occur during the night. Reduced sight distance may contribute to this phenomenon and similar speeds driven between day and night can become problematic ...