Analysis of Freeway Weaving Areas Using Corridor Simulator and Highway Capacity Manual

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dc.contributor.authorRamachandran, Sureshen
dc.contributor.committeechairHobeika, Antoine G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTrani, Antonio A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLieu, Henryen
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:48:39Zen
dc.date.adate1997-12-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:48:39Zen
dc.date.issued1997-12-01en
dc.date.rdate1998-12-11en
dc.date.sdate1997-12-01en
dc.description.abstractWeaving is defined as the crossing of two or more traffic streams traveling in the same direction along a significant length of the highway without the aid of traffic control devices . The traditional methods used for design and operational analysis of a highway is the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM). The traditional weaving methods in the highway capacity manual use road geometry and traffic volume as inputs and provide an estimate of speed as an output. CORSIM is a new computer simulation model developed by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for simulation of traffic behavior on integrated urban transportation networks of freeway and surface streets. The intent of this research is to identify the difference in the results by using the new CORSIM simulation and the traditional HCM approach in modeling the weaving sections on a freeway and make recommendations. The research will also compare the modeling strategy and provide analysis of the output.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11997-19264en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11997-19264/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/35886en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.hasparttitle.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartAbstract.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartacknow.pdfen
dc.relation.hasparttableofcont.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartchp1.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartchp2.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartchp3.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartchp4.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartchp5.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartchp6.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartappendix.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartbibl.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartvita.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCORSIMen
dc.subjectHCMen
dc.subjectSimulationen
dc.subjectEvaluationen
dc.subjectCalibrationen
dc.titleAnalysis of Freeway Weaving Areas Using Corridor Simulator and Highway Capacity Manualen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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