Vehicle speeds and operating costs : models for road planning and management / Thawat Watanatada, Ashok M. Dhareshwar, Paulo Roberto S. Rezende Lima ; in collaboration with Patrick M. O'Keefe, Per E. Fossberg

• Main Author: Thawat Watanatada
• Format: Thesis Book
• Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1987
• Series: The Highway design and maintenance standards series
• Subjects: VEHICULOS AUTOMOTORES; ; MODELOS MATEMATICOS; ;
• Item Description: Incluye referencias bibliográficas. Bibliografía: p. 453-459.=500 TABLA DE CONTENIDO: 1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Vehicle speed prediction models: 2. The force balance relationship -- 3. Steady-state speed model: formulation -- 4. Steady-state speed model: parameter estimation, adaptation and transferability -- 5. Micro non-transitional speed prediction model -- 6. Micro transitional speed prediction model -- 7. Aggregate prediction model -- 8. Validation of speed prediction models -- Pt. 2. Vehicle operating cost prediction models: 9. Unit fuel consumption function -- 10. Fuel consumption prediction models -- 11. Aggregate tire wear prediction model -- 12. Vehicle maintenance, depreciation, interest and utilization -- Pt. 3. Applications: 13. Guidelines for local adaptation -- 14. User's guide to aggregate prediction -- 15. Model predictions and policy sensitivity -- 16. Conclusions -- Units -- Glossary of symbols -- References.
• Physical Description: x, 460 p. : il. il.
• ISBN: 0801835895