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Theoretical Review of Highway Grades Considering Vehicle Performances  

Kim, Sang-Yeop (서울시립대학교 교통공학과)
Lee, Seung-Yong (서울시립대학교 교통공학과)
Han, Hyeong-Gwan ((주)한맥기술)
Choe, Jae-Seong (서울시립대학교 교통공학과)
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Journal of Korean Society of Transportation / v.25, no.5, 2007 , pp. 79-90 More about this Journal
Abstract
In determining vertical grades in highway alignment design, engineers usually consider heavy vehicle performances on the upgrade. Heavy vehicles usually experience speed reduction on the upgrade and with recent years weight/horsepower improvements for heavy vehicles the speed reduction shows some change. However, in spite of the weight to horsepower improvements for the design vehicles from 300lb/HP to 200lb/HP in the AASHTO, there was no change in the maximum vertical grades. Therefore, a review of the maximum vertical grade reflecting existing heavy vehicle performances is required. In particular, in South Korea where highways pass through lots of mountaineous terrain, the maximum vertical grades must be reviewed throughly. In this study the amount of heavy vehicle performances during past decades were investigated and their expected impacts on highway vertical alignment designs were subsequently analyzed. A worldwide terrain analysis and international design standards were compared to set South Korean vertical grade standards. Traffic flow simulation Vissim was utilized to simulate vehicular flows on the upgrade and new truck performance curves on the grades were developed. Based on the new curve, it was decided that $1{\sim}2%$ increase of the maximum vertical grades could be allowed.
Keywords
Weight-Horsepower Ratio; Vertical Grade; Truck Performance Curve; Representative Truck; Entrance Speed;
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