Hydroplaning on multilane facilities.

Gunaratne, M.; Lu, Q.; Yang, J.; Jayasooriya, W.; Yassin, M.; Amarasiri, S.

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Hydroplaning on multilane facilities.

2012-11-01
By Gunaratne, M. ; Lu, Q. ; Yang, J. ; ...

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Creators:

Gunaratne, M. ; Lu, Q. ; Yang, J. ; Jayasooriya, W. ; Yassin, M. ; Amarasiri, S.
Corporate Creators:

University of South Florida. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subject/TRT Terms:

Automobile Driving In Rain Crash Analysis Crash Risk Forecasting Field Studies Heavy Duty Trucks Highway Safety Hydroplaning Multilane Highways Pavements Roads--Design And Construction--Safety Measures Trailers Truck Accidents Wet Weather
Publication/ Report Number:

BDK84 977-14
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Florida
Edition:

Final report.
Corporate Publisher:

Florida Department of Transportation
Abstract:

The primary findings of this research can be highlighted as follows. Models that provide estimates of wet weather speed reduction, as well as analytical and empirical methods for the prediction of hydroplaning speeds of trailers and heavy trucks, were gathered and verified in a field study.
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PDF
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US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:e0b617b361d2f4ba07a464e5617d7457f09a0c217ff8b4cfa2f9fd63741c76c8
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25504/dot_25504_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 6.03 MB ]

File Language:

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