Optimal one-way traffic control strategy for under-saturated two-land highway work zone operation

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dc.contributor.authorZhao, Qiang Bruceen
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:52:16Zen
dc.date.adate2009-12-23en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:52:16Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.date.rdate2009-12-23en
dc.date.sdate2009-12-23en
dc.description.abstractTraffic operation and characteristic on two-lane highway work zone combine traffic characteristics on two-lane highways and signalize intersections. A literature review was conducted to understand traffic characteristics on two-lane highways and at signalized intersections. Delay models and theoretical methods of calculating delay were also reviewed for two-lane highways, unsignalized and signalized intersections. Particularly, research methods of developing delay models for signalized intersections provide a fundamental base in developing delay models and optimal control strategies for two-lane highway work zone operation. The main framework contained in this thesis identifies the operational problems existing in two-lane highway work zone. Development of mathematical delay models is then performed for all operational aspects in the work zone. The analysis of traffic delay, the optimal selection of timing and the optimal delay control strategies are also detailed in the thesis. This theoretical attempt to develop optimal control strategy for two-lane highway work zone is preliminary, yet valuable. The promising results from this research effort open the door to more exciting topics in this field.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentix, 91 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12232009-020326en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12232009-020326/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46379en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V851_1996.Z436.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 35645173en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcycle lengthen
dc.subjectdelayen
dc.subjectstrategyen
dc.subjectcaseen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V851 1996.Z436en
dc.titleOptimal one-way traffic control strategy for under-saturated two-land highway work zone operationen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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