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Soriguera Marti, F.; Martinez-Diaz, M.; Perez Perez, I.
CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering, 7-9 June 2016, Valencia (Spain)2016
CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering, 7-9 June 2016, Valencia (Spain)2016
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[en] Travel time is probably the most important indicator of the level of service of a highway, and it is also the most appreciated information for its users. Administrations and private companies make increasing efforts to improve its real time estimation. The appearance of new technologies makes the precise measurement of travel times easier than never before. However, direct measurements of travel time are, by nature, outdated in real time, and lack of the desired forecasting capabilities. This paper introduces a new methodology to improve the real time estimation of travel times by using the equipment usually present in most highways, i.e., loop detectors, in combination with Automatic Vehicle Identification or Tracking Technologies. One of the most important features of the method is the usage of cumulative counts at detectors as an input, avoiding the drawbacks of common spot-speed methodologies. Cumulative count curves have great potential for freeway travel time information systems, as they provide spatial measurements and thus allow the calculation of instantaneous travel times. In addition, they exhibit predictive capabilities. Nevertheless, they have not been used extensively mainly because of the error introduced by the accumulation of the detector drift. The proposed methodology solves this problem by correcting the deviations using direct travel time measurements. The method results highly beneficial for its accuracy as well as for its low implementation cost. (Author)
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2580 p; 2016; 8 p; CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering; Valencia (Spain); 7-9 Jun 2016; Available on-line: http://ocs.editorial.upv.es/index.php/CIT/CIT2016/schedConf/presentations
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Behak Katz, L.; Musso Laespiga, M.
CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering, 7-9 June 2016, Valencia (Spain)2016
CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering, 7-9 June 2016, Valencia (Spain)2016
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[en] Rice husk ash (RHA) is a by-product of rice milling. Its use as soil stabilizer is a way to replace the final disposal with environmental benefit. However, RHA is not cementitious itself but when mixed with lime forms cements which improve the soil properties. A research of performance of a silty sandy soil modified with RHA and lime as wearing course layer of low-volume roads was conducted through two full-scale test sections with different pavements built in Artigas, northern Uruguay. The alkaline reactivity of RHA is low because the husk burning is not controlled. The soil-RHA-lime mix design was conducted according to the Thompson’s Method. The pavement test sections were monitored through deflection measures by Benkelman beam and observations of surface condition. The deflections decreased over time in both test sections due to the development of cementation of the study materials. After one year, the dust emission was reduced, the wet skid resistance of pavement surfaces improved and there was not rutting. The researched pavements have had a good performance under the existing traffic and environmental conditions, demonstrating that wearing course layer of silty sand modified with RHA and lime is an alternative to improve the condition of low-volume roads and to replace the final disposal of RHA, with environmental, social and economic benefits. (Author)
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2580 p; 2016; 8 p; CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering; Valencia (Spain); 7-9 Jun 2016; Available on-line: http://ocs.editorial.upv.es/index.php/CIT/CIT2016/schedConf/presentations
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Heras Molina, J. de la; Gomez Sanchez, J.; Vassallo Magro, J.M.
CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering, 7-9 June 2016, Valencia (Spain)2016
CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering, 7-9 June 2016, Valencia (Spain)2016
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[en] The European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) was created in 2004 with the aim of ensuring interoperability among the existing electronic toll collection (ETC) systems in Europe. However, the lack of cooperation between groups of stakeholders has not made possible to achieve this goal ten years later. The purpose of this research is to determine the better way to achieve interoperability among the different ETC systems in Europe. Our study develops a review of the six main ETC systems available worldwide: Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Satellite systems (GNSS), Tachograph, and Mobile communications tolling systems. The research also provides some insight on different emerging technologies. By focusing on different operational and strategic aspects offered by each technology, we identify their main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and makes different recommendations to improve the current framework. The research concludes that given the diversity of advantages and inconveniences offered by each system, the selection of a certain ETC technology should also take into account its potential to overcome the weaknesses in the current ETC framework. In this line, different policy recommendations are proposed to improve the present ETC strategy at the EU. (Author)
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2580 p; 2016; 8 p; CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering; Valencia (Spain); 7-9 Jun 2016; Available on-line: http://ocs.editorial.upv.es/index.php/CIT/CIT2016/schedConf/presentations
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Lawniczak, A.T.; Stefano, B.N. di
Funding organisation: Natural Science and Engineering Research Council - NSERC (Canada); Nuptek Systems Ltd. (Canada)2010
Funding organisation: Natural Science and Engineering Research Council - NSERC (Canada); Nuptek Systems Ltd. (Canada)2010
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[en] We describe our microscopic model of highway traffic and its implementation as digital laboratory. We discuss the range of experiments that can be conducted using this laboratory. Software implementation details are discussed together with the model because the implementation affects the model and delimits what can be modeled. This is seldom described in the literature, but lack of this knowledge often affects the ability of the reader to replicate the research. We model the expressway as a number of adjacent lanes, where each lane is divided into cells. Each cell is assumed to be 7.5 m. The most innovative aspect of our model is that we model multiple lanes as a single 1-D automaton. By extending the '' Cellular Automata '' (CA) paradigm to the '' Global Cellular Automata '' (GCA) paradigm we can represent the multilane highway with a single 1-D GCA, which can be implemented to execute faster than a traditional 2-D CA implementation and than a multi 1D CA implementation. We present selected simulation results and outline our plan for future work. (authors)
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PACS numbers: 89.40.Bb, 89.20.Kk, 89.20Bb
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Summer Solstice 2009 International Conference on Discrete Models of Complex Systems; Gdansk (Poland); 22-24 Jun 2009; Also available at http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/acta/sup3/t1.htm; 24 refs., 10 figs., 1 tab.
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Acta Physica Polonica. Series B, Proceedings Supplement; ISSN 1899-2358;
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Silveira Santos, T.; Martins Ribeiro, P.C.
CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering, 7-9 June 2016, Valencia (Spain)2016
CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering, 7-9 June 2016, Valencia (Spain)2016
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[en] This paper proposes the development of a methodology to analyze the performance of highways under concession through the capacity and level of service, with special attention to Brazilian highways. The trajectory of transport infrastructure provision in Brazil and its performance assessment framework are mentioned, as well as an approach of the level of service concept and the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM). An inventory of the highway with the necessary data to the model is proposed. This database should incorporate information from multiple data sources and its use will be important for the processing and compilation of raw data in order to structure a full informational basis. Then, it is developed a method for segmentation of homogeneous road sections, as conceptualized by HCM, and proposed a way of level of service measurement. Finally, there are analysis of the use of HCM in some highways concession programs in Brazil. (Author)
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2580 p; 2016; 8 p; CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering; Valencia (Spain); 7-9 Jun 2016; Available on-line: http://ocs.editorial.upv.es/index.php/CIT/CIT2016/schedConf/presentations
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Martinez-Diaz, M.; Perez Perez, I.
CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering, 7-9 June 2016, Valencia (Spain)2016
CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering, 7-9 June 2016, Valencia (Spain)2016
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[en] Most algorithms trying to analyze or forecast road traffic rely on many inputs, but in practice, calculations are usually limited by the available data and measurement equipment. Generally, some of these inputs are substituted by raw or even inappropriate estimations, which in some cases come into conflict with the fundamentals of traffic flow theory. This paper refers to one common example of these bad practices. Many traffic management centres depend on the data provided by double loop detectors, which supply, among others, vehicle speeds. The common data treatment is to compute the arithmetic mean of these speeds over different aggregation periods (i.e. the time mean speeds). Time mean speed is not consistent with Edie’s generalized definitions of traffic variables, and therefore it is not the average speed which relates flow to density. This means that current practice begins with an error that can have negative effects in later studies and applications. The algorithm introduced in this paper enables easily the estimation of space mean speeds from the data provided by the loops. It is based on two key hypotheses: stationarity of traffic and log-normal distribution of the individual speeds in each time interval of aggregation. It could also be used in case of transient traffic as a part of any data fusion methodology. (Author)
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2580 p; 2016; 8 p; CIT2016: 12. Congress of Transport Engineering; Valencia (Spain); 7-9 Jun 2016; Available on-line: http://ocs.editorial.upv.es/index.php/CIT/CIT2016/schedConf/presentations
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[en] A research work has been conducted at the Faculty of mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to utilize energy from airflow induced by moving vehicles along the highway for advertising and signboard lighting. Series of data collections have been made at Km 20 Johor Bahru - Kuala Lumpur Plus Highway. Wind anemometer equipped with data recorder has been placed at the highway divider to measure the wind speed induced by the vehicles moving from Johor Bahru to Kuala Lumpur and vice versa. From the data analysis it has been found that the to and from Kuala Lumpur motion of the vehicles induced a stable and continuous source of airflow (wind) ranges from 2 to 4 m/s. The energy in this induced wind has been estimated and has the potential to be used for the above said purpose. Five design models have been tested in the Faculty of mechanical Engineering Low Speed Wind Tunnel and the twisted vertical blades with circular end covers has proven to be the most efficient and suitable. The optimum sizing of the vertical axis wind turbine has also been determined. The details of the collection of wind induced data and analysis, estimation of energy content, the vertical axis wind turbine models testing and results are presented in this paper. (Author)
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Ministry of Energy, Communication and Multimedia Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); 589 p; 2000; p. 499-501; World renewable energy congress '99; Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); 8-11 Jun 1999; Available at Malaysian Document Delivery Service, Ainon@mint.gov.my; 5 refs, 4 figs, 1tabs
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[en] The paper presents the results of the study of the influence of chemical anti-icing materials on the capability of tires to create cornering forces that affect road holding and steerability of a vehicle. In this article bench and road methods of testing of tires rolling along the planes covered with chemical anti-icing materials have been applied. It demonstrates a research method used to determine the stationary and non-stationary characteristics of the elastic tires pull rolling along the planes covered with chemical anti-icing materials. The experiments are obtained in bench conditions on a special tire tester developed by scientists of the Department “Road transport” of Irkutsk National Research Technical University, as well as in road condition on a tire tester developed by scientists of the Department “Road transport” of Irkutsk National Research Technical University and the Department “Automobiles” of East Siberia State University of Technology and Management. The experimental results are presented in graphs. Obtained results allow concluding that on the roads covered with chemical anti-icing materials (CAIM) the capability of tires to create cornering forces is sharply reduced. (paper)
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International Conference on Innovations in Automotive and Aerospace Engineering; Irkutsk (Russian Federation); 27 May - 1 Jun 2019; Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/632/1/012011; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering (Online); ISSN 1757-899X;
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Davlatshoev, R.A.; Tursunov, A.A.
Tajik State National University, Dushanbe(Tajikistan)2006
Tajik State National University, Dushanbe(Tajikistan)2006
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[en] In clause it is shown a method optimization of brake of forces in view of a bias road it is established, that in mountain conditions of loss of coupling weight of automobiles than 2-3 times concerning flat conditions therma are more. The degree of use of coupling weight in result use of a regulator of brake forces very much increases also efficiency of brake systems such a kind of automobiles is provided with definition of optimum factor of coupling at which value of loss of coupling weight is provided minimal
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Optimizastiya sootnosheniya tormoznih sil avtomobiley s uchetom uklona dorogi
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Vestnik Natsionalnogo Universiteta; ISSN 1993-6923;
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[en] The lack of a hydrogen refuelling infrastructure is one of the major obstacles to the introduction of the hydrogen vehicles to the road transport market. To help overcome this hurdle a likely transitional solution is to introduce hydrogen for niche applications such as buses or other types of fleet vehicles for which fuel demand is predictable and localised. This paper analyses the costs of different hydrogen production-delivery pathways, via a case study of buses in London. Scenario analysis over time (2007-2025) is used to investigate potential changes to the cost of hydrogen as a result of technology development, growing demand for hydrogen and changes in energy prices (gas and electricity). It is found that factors related to hydrogen demand have the greatest effect on the unit cost of hydrogen, while for the whole of the analysis period, on-site SMR (steam methane reforming) remains the least-cost production-delivery pathway. (author)
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Available from Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.06.084; Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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