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http://dx.doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2015.35.1.0187

A Study on Relevant Range of Vertical vertical grade at Urban Intersections  

Yoon, Byoung-Jo (Incheon University)
Jung, Jae-Hoon (Incheon University)
Kim, Jin-Han (Hongik University)
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KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research / v.35, no.1, 2015 , pp. 187-192 More about this Journal
Abstract
In general, design of urban intersections are fundamentally different from rural intersections, but current urban intersection design has been appled to rural standards. This study has suggested the design standard for urban intersection grades based on the existing literature, field investigating and comparative analysis. Moreover, this study analyzes and compares the differences between urban and rural intersections, and intersections have been derived by appropriate design standards after reviewing the domestic and international grades design criteria. Site survey was performed to validate the derived design criteria by analyzing statistically to establish the design standards. Results were produced for the intersection portion grade standards by comparing the number of instructions which produced appropriate slope degree from 2.5% to 3% in normal condition and slope can be extended to 5% in some critical cases. In-situ investigation was performed to validate the produced data where slope was found from 0.0~8.6%. Additional data of accident analysis were also collected for the validation of the suggested data and correlation analysis was performed using the SPSS tool. Data were analyzed statistically using 95% significance level for vehicle-to-vehicle collided, head-on collision accident rates, where accident rates significantly correlated with the grade. Therefore, appropriate grade at the intersection should be designed and applied in order to reduce the number of accidents at the intersection. Finally, appropriate grades for urban intersections are suggested from 1-3% for normal cases and grades could extend up to 5% for unavoidable cases where extra care must be taken when designing.
Keywords
Intersections; Grades; Frontal collision accident rates; Vehicle to vehicle rear-end collisions; Correlations;
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