Session

Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Environment

Description

The movement of the vehicle in a curve related to the construction of the road is expressed through the influence of the radius of the curve and the transversal inclination of the road. Two of these quantities are fixed quantities ever since the projection and then construction phase of the road. During the vehicle’s movement in the curve, their influence is shown through the critical slide velocity. This critical velocity is defined from the influence of the centrifugal force. For smaller values under critical velocity, this influence is expressed through the safety of the movement or the comfort of the driver and passengers in the vehicle. The gained values of the critical velocity are displayed in the table of values of the influential parameters.

Keywords:

Radius, slope, velocity, force

Session Chair

Muhamet Ahmeti

Session Co-Chair

Nol Dedaj and Nexhmi Krasniqi

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-437-65-3

First Page

107

Last Page

112

Location

Durres, Albania

Start Date

29-10-2017 11:00 AM

End Date

29-10-2017 1:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.50

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The influence of the radius of the curve and the lateral slope on the safety of the vehicle

Durres, Albania

The movement of the vehicle in a curve related to the construction of the road is expressed through the influence of the radius of the curve and the transversal inclination of the road. Two of these quantities are fixed quantities ever since the projection and then construction phase of the road. During the vehicle’s movement in the curve, their influence is shown through the critical slide velocity. This critical velocity is defined from the influence of the centrifugal force. For smaller values under critical velocity, this influence is expressed through the safety of the movement or the comfort of the driver and passengers in the vehicle. The gained values of the critical velocity are displayed in the table of values of the influential parameters.