Truck speeds on downgrades.

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dc.contributor.author Bester, C.J.
dc.contributor.author Oncke, J.
dc.contributor.editor Behrens, Roger.
dc.contributor.editor Cameron, Bill.
dc.contributor.editor Froschauer, Pauline.
dc.contributor.other Southern African Transport Conference (32nd : 2013 : Pretoria, South Africa)
dc.contributor.other Minister of Transport, South Africa
dc.date.accessioned 2014-02-04T08:43:46Z
dc.date.available 2014-02-04T08:43:46Z
dc.date.created 2013-07-08
dc.date.issued July 2013 en_US
dc.description This paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material was published using Adobe Acrobat 10.1.0 Technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: nigel@doctech URL: http://www.doctech.co.za en_US
dc.description.abstract Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Southern African Transport Conference 8-11 July 2013 "Transport and Sustainable Infrastructure", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. en_US
dc.description.abstract Very little research has been done in South Africa on the speeds of trucks on downgrades. However, a thorough knowledge of this subject is essential in a number of areas namely the justification of arrestor beds and escape lanes for run-away trucks, the development of speed profiles on roads and the provision of passing lanes on downgrades. In a recent study in the Western Cape the speeds of trucks were measured on various downgrades related to mountain passes. Two types of downgrades were investigated namely those that are followed by a straight section of road on an upgrade and those that are followed by a section with restricted horizontal alignment and sight distance. Since it was not possible to determine the mass of the trucks the number of axles was used as a substitute for the size of the trucks. The paper will describe the data collection, analyses and the results of the analyses for the two different cases and the different axle classes. en_US
dc.description.librarian mv2014 en_US
dc.format.extent 8 p. en_US
dc.format.medium PDF en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-920017-62-0
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33253
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartof SATC 2013 en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries 2C_Bester_Truck en_US
dc.rights University of Pretoria en_US
dc.subject Speeds of trucks on downgrades South Africa en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Transportation en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Transportation -- Africa en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Transportation -- Southern Africa en_US
dc.title Truck speeds on downgrades. en_US
dc.type Presentation en_US


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