Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development (English Edition): Recent submissions
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Analysis of Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Circular Foundation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)This study derives the equation for the bearing capacity of shallow circular foundation on the basis of the upper bound theorem of limit analysis method. The equation is derived by considering the work of soil weight and ... -
Parametric Analysis of Three-dimensional Coupling Vibration for Hangzhou Bay Bridge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Coupling vehicle bridge vibration system were treated as two subsystems, one for the bridge and the other for the vehicle, the geometric and mechanical coupling relations between vehicle and bridge were introduced, the ... -
Effects of Friction at Movable Supports on Elasto-Plastic Seismic Responses of Continuous Girder Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The effect of friction at movable supports on the elasto-plastic seismic responses of continuous girder bridges was analyzed on the basis of three aspects including stiffness contribution, friction energy dissipation of ... -
Study of Arch and Beam Rigidity of Long-Span V-Shaped Rigid Frame Composite Arch Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)At first, we proposed the concept of nominal rigidity of a long-span V-shaped rigid frame composite arch bridge, analyzed the effects of structural parameters on nominal rigidity, and derived a theoretical nominal rigidity ... -
Study on Damping Characteristic Parameters and Dynamic Deflection Distribution of Asphalt Pavements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)To attain the data of effective dynamic deflection basin utilized to implement modulus backcalculation of asphalt pavement, by dynamic finite element method, the solution method of damping coefficients of pavement structural ... -
Dynamic Properties of Long-Span Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges with External Tendons
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The dynamic performance of large-span steel-concrete composite bridges with external tendons is investigated by deriving the formula of equivalent damping ratio of composite bridges, and by analyzing the influence of shear ... -
GIS for Highway Engineering Bearing Capacity Evaluation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The bearing capacity of soils under highway engineering differs from that of soils under the building foundation as a result of different superstructure types and foundation forms. Determining the characteristic value of ... -
Measurement and Analysis of Moisture Migration Characteristics in Subgrade of Excavation Section
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)To cope with the phenomenon of moisture imbalances in subgrades due to excavation, the resistivity of different excavation subgrades (deep excavation section, shallow excavation section, and cut-and-fill transition section) ... -
Study on Anti-Slide Stability of Rock Slope along River
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Based on the assumption that the hydrostatic pressure is maximum at half the total groundwater level, which improved the groundwater pressure distribution in the slope body, the safety factor expression for anti-slide ... -
Study on the Relationship between Asset Condition and Safety (Part I)
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Incorporating safety performance measures into asset management can assist agencies in efficiently managing their aging assets and improve system-wide safety. Previous studies have revealed the relationship between individual ... -
Tractor-Semitrailer Vehicle Stability Control Based on TruckSim-Simulink Co-Simulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)A nonlinear tractor-semitrailer vehicle simulation model is established based on TruckSim used to validate the proposed control scheme. The yaw dynamics of the entire vehicle is stabilized by applying differential braking ... -
Numerical Analysis on Changing Regularity of Transverse Load Distributions with Different Crack Lengthens of Plate-Girder Hinge Joint
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The finite element software ABAQUS is used to analyze the influence of hinge joint crack on transverse load distribution of prefabricated concrete hollow core slab bridge, including single-side crack and two-side crack. ... -
Analysis of Compressive Characteristics of Asphalt Mixture under Freeze-Thaw Cycles in Cold Plateau Regions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Low average temperature, large temperature difference, and continual freeze-thaw (F-T) cycles are the typical climatic characteristics of cold plateau regions. F-T cycles and the asphalt-aggregate ratio of an asphalt mixture ... -
Resource Balancing in the Design of Hub-and-Spoke Network for LTL Logistics
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)To cope with the problem that less-than-truckload (LTL) logistics network design for certain origin—destination (OD) flow demands often fails to utilize the network resources in a balanced manner, the characteristics of ... -
Analysis of the Development of Cooperative ITS and Related Standards in Europe
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)In this paper, we first describe the concept of cooperative intelligent transport systems (C – ITS) and introduce how advanced ITS technology is being developed in some countries. We then review and analyze the policies, ... -
Estimation of Travel Time Based on Vehicle Platoons on Saturated Urban Arterial Roads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Because of the aggressive and saturated traffic on the current urban arterials, traffic congestion often occurs, traffic lights periodically interrupt traffic, resulting that vehicles frequently block upstream intersections. ... -
Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation System for Multi-Intersection Traffic Signal Control
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)To evaluate the performance of a traffic signal control system quickly and efficiently, a hardware-in-the-loop simulation system of multi-intersection traffic signal is developed. With the hardware-in-the-loop approach, a ... -
Numerical Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of Batter Piles under Inclined Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)A three-dimensional elastic-plastic finite element model based on the elastic-plastic constitutive relation of the non-associated flow Mohr-Coulomb criterion is constructed to analyze the influence of inclination angles ... -
Temperature Field Evolution of Soils Surrounding a Cross-River Tunnel
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)During the operation period, soils surrounding a cross-river tunnel are under persistent disturbance owing to heat conduction, resulting in a change in the microstructure and engineering properties. Long term observations ... -
Asphalt Pavements Evaluation Methods Based on Modern Inspection Technologies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Based on the basic requirements for pavement evaluation and the analysis of the existing problems such as inaccuracy in the evaluation results and inefficiency in the data collections, refined evaluation indexes are presented ...