VTechWorks staff will be away for the Thanksgiving holiday beginning at noon on Wednesday, November 27, through Friday, November 29. We will resume normal operations on Monday, December 2. Thank you for your patience.
 

Analysis of truck overturn accidents on Virginia interstate systems: a case study of I-81

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorAzimi-Ghomi, Edreece A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHobeika, Antoine G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHan, Lee D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWalker, Richard D.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:48:28Zen
dc.date.adate2009-10-31en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:48:28Zen
dc.date.issued1993-04-22en
dc.date.rdate2009-10-31en
dc.date.sdate2009-10-31en
dc.description.abstractIn this study, trucks or large trucks are defined as straight trucks (ST-TR) also known as single unit trucks having a single body without any hitch between the loading section and front driving mechanism, tractor trailers (TR -TR) having two bodies coupled by a hitch, and twin tractor trailers (TW-TR) with front driving mechanisms towed by a double trailer. Vehicle miles of travel (VMT) for these trucks have been steadily increasing for the past five years (1986-1990) showing a continuous growth in transportation goods both inside and outside of the State of Virginia. The objective of this research is to identify the major factors associated with truck overturns occurring on which occurred between 1986 and 1990, on the main line of the Virginia Interstate System in general and 1-81 in particular.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxii, 159 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10312009-020223en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10312009-020223/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45357en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1993.A945.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28922235en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectInterstate 81en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.A945en
dc.subject.lcshTruck accidents -- Virginiaen
dc.titleAnalysis of truck overturn accidents on Virginia interstate systems: a case study of I-81en
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
LD5655.V855_1993.A945.pdf
Size:
3.81 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Masters Theses