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Superelevation Design

Superelevation Design is a methodological construct in civil engineering that prescribes the differential elevation of the outer edge of a curved haul road segment relative to its inner edge to counteract centrifugal forces and enhance vehicle stability during turning maneuvers.

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COMPARISON OF OPERATING SPEEDS ON DRY AND WET PAVEMENTS OF TWO-LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS

Ruediger Lamm, E M Choueiri, Theodor Mailaender · Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board · 1990 · 105 citations

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SAFETY EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC IMPROVEMENTS ON HORIZONTAL CURVES

Charles V. Zegeer, Jill R. Stewart, D W Reinhurt · Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board · 1991 · 100 citations

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Cost-effective geometric improvements for safety upgrading of horizontal curves

C Zegeer, R M Stewart, D W Reinfurt et al. · 1991 · 96 citations

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SUPERELEVATION DISTRIBUTION METHODS AND TRANSITION DESIGNS

J A Bonneson · National Cooperative Highway Research Program report · 2000 · 53 citations

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A new transition curve with enhanced properties

Orhan Baykal · Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering · 2005 · 51 citations

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Authors

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  1. JA
    James A. Bonneson

    Texas A&M University, United States

    3 publications · 66 citations

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  2. SM
    Said M. Easa

    Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  3. AB
    Alexander Brown

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    1 publications · 30 citations

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  4. WP
    William Powrie

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  5. ED
    Essam Dabbour

    Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates

    1 publications · 28 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    74 citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    81 citations

  3. China Railway Design Corporation (China)

    Tianjin, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  4. National Organizations for Youth Safety

    Alexandria, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  5. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  6. MRIGlobal

    Kansas City, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  7. University of Torbat Heydarieh

    Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh, Iran

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. Toronto Metropolitan University

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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  2. Journal of Transportation Engineering

    4 publications · 77 citations

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  3. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

    2 publications · 79 citations

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  4. Journal of the Hydraulics Division

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  5. International Journal of Vehicle Design

    IJVD · 1 publications · 11 citations

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