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110 articles for “highway”
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Comparative Study of Aggregate and Disaggregate Traffic Forecasting Technique for Industrial Corridor: Case Study of Vadodara District
Abstract: AbstractTransportation occupies a prominent place in modern life and its impact is spread in all domains of life. Transport planning is a discipline to study problems rising while planning transport facilities at urban, regional or national level and to prepare efficient basis for providing such facilities. Aim of transport planning at regional level is provision of connectivity and circuity with other regions as well as for expansion of existing facility …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 14–21 Read article
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Prediction of Traffic using Economic Attributes
Abstract: AbstractIncrease in traffic flow in a region reflects the development of transport infrastructure. Transport infrastructure development arises due to new investment in the region as it is a significant factor for assessing the social and economic viability of any highway project. Impact of economics on traffic is difficult to analyze traffic flow projection. To comprehend the objective, economic attributes such as investment and employment generated in the region are considered …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 32–36 Read article
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CONTRIBUTING FACTORS AND CONTROL MEASURES FOR ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN INDIA
Abstract: ABSTRACTThe report on detailing about road traffic accidents in India is designed by general and collective data with control measures and factors contributing road accidents.Present condition in India has worsened yearly. Statistics shown from 1980 to 2005 road traffic accidents were thousands in number. Due to digitalization development according to SOI survey of India by 2017 population growth increased to 8% since 2011 uniformly vehicle import has been increased to …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 27–31 Read article
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USE OF WASTE MATERIALS IN PAVEMENTS CONSTRUCTION
Abstract: The construction activity usually increases day by day with increase in population, development of rural areas, modernization of existing structure, road construction etc. The need to manage waste materials like plastic, fly ash, blast furnace slag, colliery spoil, spent oil shale, foundry sands, mill tailing, cement kiln dust, used engine oil marble dust, waste tyres, glass waste, nonferrous slags, china clay, construction and demolition waste (CDW) has led to environmentally-friendly …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 36–39 Read article
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Headway Compression during Queue Discharge at Signalized Intersections under Mixed Traffic Condition
Abstract: The evaluation of capacity at signalized intersection is an important component in the planning, design, operation and management of transportation system. Presently, the methodologies available for the estimation of capacity of signalized intersections are based on the concept of saturation flow(s). Saturation flow is the steady maximum queue discharge rate after the green onset. According to the U.S. Highway Capacity Manual, this steady maximum rate is generally achieved after the …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 15–22 Read article
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Calibration and Validation of Micro-simulation (S-Paramics) Model for Merging Sections
Abstract: Recently, simulation models have been widely used across the world in terms of evaluation of the performance of different traffic facilities, such as normal sections, intersections, roundabout, etc., the economic evaluation and safety evaluation. To examine the accuracy and versatility of micro simulation programmes such as S-Paramics when modelling highways, is by calibrating and then validating the model against real life data taken from loop detectors. In this study, a …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 1–11 Read article
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Experimental Investigation on Utilization of Blast Furnace Slag as Fine Aggregate in Pavement Concrete
Abstract: Concrete is the second largest consumed material by human kind in the world. In this modern era, cement concrete pavements are in demand as compared to bituminous pavements in highway projects. In the recent time, under ages of green technology, the waste utilization in production of concrete especially for pavements is major concern of study. Blast furnace slag is one of the major wastes produced from steel processing plants around …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 58–64 Read article
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Identifying Black Spot Location Using GIS System in Kerbela City
Abstract: From the challenges facing the world in highway area is the life and financial loss due to traffic accidents. This is the case for Iraq because it is from the most dangerous countries in terms of traffic accidents. To reduce traffic accidents, the causes of these accidents such as; driver, vehicle and roadway should be determined. To diagnose the cause of accidents, there is an urgent need to determine the …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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A Study on FWD Deflection Bowl Parameters for Structural Evaluation of Flexible Pavement
Abstract: The application of falling weight deflectometer is to evaluate structural condition of the pavement. The exercise of back calculation is required to identify the modulus of elasticity of existing in service pavement. The process of back calculation required in depth field experience for the input of range of modulus of elasticity of bituminous, granular and subgrade layer, and its required number of trials to find such matching moduli with the …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 48–55 Read article
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A Study on FWD Deflection Bowl Parameters for Structural Evaluation of Flexible Pavement
Abstract: The application of falling weight deflectometer (FWD) is to evaluate structural condition of the pavement. The exercise of backcalculation is required to identify the modulus of elasticity of existing in service pavement. The process of backcalculation required in depth field experience for the input of range of modulus of elasticity of bituminous, granular and subgrade layer, and its required number of trial to find such matching moduli with the observed …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 1–7 Read article
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Time Saving in Construction Road Using Prestressed Precast Concrete Pavement
Abstract: In this paper the results of laboratory investigation preceding realization of continuous pre stressed concrete pavement .to minimize the effect of traffic congestion ,a method with the speedy construction and lower user impact cost is needed. This paper introduces relatively new pavement construction method which developed in united state .which is called as pre stressed precast concrete pavement(PPCP).PPCP is comparatively sustainable and economical as compare to cement concrete pavement. Their …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 8–12 Read article
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Study of Literature on Different Girder Bridges
Abstract: Bridge design and construction now a day’s worldwide importance. Design of bridges help to improve the road network. Bridges are the key elements in any road network and use of prestress girder type bridges gaining popularity in bridge engineering because of its serviceability, economy, and structure efficiency. Girder bridge have different types and different software’s are using for the bridges. Bridges not only assist in the flow of intervening vehicles …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 10–15 Read article
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Comparative Study and Analysis of Composite Bridge and Concrete Bridge for Moving Loads
Abstract: Composite Bridges are mainly used in the construction of various flyovers to minimize the traffic flow. Composite highway bridges are subjected to many dynamic actions with different magnitudes due to the action of different types of vehicles. Depending on the magnitude and intensity and many other adverse effects the structural system and performance may compromise and that may lead to a reduction of the expected bridge life. A composite (steel …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Evaluation of Sustainable Waste Materials in Asphalt Paving Mixtures
Abstract: Generating recycled tires, disposable plastic bottles and waste engine oil are important problem in Iraq and there is need to solve it . The waste materials can be considered as an alternative materials in road pavement technology and the using of these materials would be a solution to converse the environment from pollution in one hand and modifying the asphalt paving materials on the other hand. The two waste materials …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 12–19 Read article
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Traffic Density Estimation Using Image Frames in Python
Abstract: Traffic congestion is a critical challenge in modern urban environments, leading to significant delays, environmental pollution, and increased accident rates. With the rapid growth of vehicle populations in metropolitan areas worldwide, the need for intelligent and automated traffic monitoring systems has become increasingly urgent. Traditional monitoring approaches, such as inductive loop detectors and manual surveillance, are limited in scalability, deployment cost, and adaptability to dynamic traffic scenarios. This paper presents …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2026 · pp. 38–45 Read article
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Modified Binary Firefly Algorithm (MBFA) for Optimal Allocation of Spectrum in Cognitive Radio Systems
Abstract: Spectrum bands are nature’s communication highways which are highly congested now-adays. To overcome this problem, dynamic allocation of spectrum is under consideration over the current fixed spectrum allotment policy. In dynamic allotment, various optimisation methods can be applied for achieving the best possible spectrum allotment during handover so that the better quality of service can be given to cognitive users with the simultaneous improvement in spectrum utilisation. This study focuses …
Published in Journal of Mobile Computing, Communications & Mobile Networks · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 42–47 Read article
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Traffic Volume and Accidental Analysis of Blackspot Chogitti Intersection: A Quantitative and Qualitative Approach
Abstract: There is increase in number of accidents worldwide especially at accident-prone areas known as ‘Blackspots’. The specific case taken here is of Jalandhar city’s blackspot Chogitti intersection. The research intent to find out what are the reasons that contribute in formation of blackspots alongside ways to eliminate them, which forms central question/problem. There is need of this study because of alarming rate of increase of accidents, which is evident from …
Published in Journal of Open Source Developments · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 24–32 Read article
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Secured IPv6 based IoT Programming using Contiki and Cooja
Abstract: ABSTRACTThe current era is surrounded with enormous devices and gadgets connected with each other using high performance technologies. Such type of technology loaded object communication is treated under the aegis of Internet of Things (IoT). A number of applications are using IoT based communication whether it is related to defense equipments, smart cities, smart offices, highway patrolling, smart toll collections, business communications, satellite televisions, traffic systems or interconnected web cams …
Published in Journal of Web Engineering & Technology · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 9–14 Read article
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Securing Toll Booth Data Using Blockchain
Abstract: Presently, blockchain has come up to be one of the most famous and assuring technologies in the smart transportation system. Smart vehicles communicate with each other through internet. Data sharing is important as it encourages more collaboration among the involved participants. So, in order to do secure data sharing in vehicular networks, we require a decentralized mechanism which is scalable and secured. Previously, the collection of road toll was done …
Published in Journal of Advanced Database Management & Systems · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 28–35 Read article
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A Computational Approach to Study Reversible Aging in SHRP AAA-1 Asphalt
Abstract: This study is carried out computationally at atomic scale to determine reversible modifications of a specific group of asphalt. The specific asphalt group is defined by Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) as AAA-1. The chemical structure of AAA-1 asphalt is modeled using representative molecules drawn by LAMMPS software. LAMMPS molecular dynamics code is employed here to perform atomistic simulations. Simulation outputs give acceptable values of physical, thermodynamic and structural changes …
Published in Journal of Modern Chemistry & Chemical Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 20–27 Read article