Highway Research RecordPub Date : 2010-09-17DOI: 10.1002/0471238961.0405190908010814.A01.PUB3
V. L. Anderson
{"title":"Design of Experiments","authors":"V. L. Anderson","doi":"10.1002/0471238961.0405190908010814.A01.PUB3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/0471238961.0405190908010814.A01.PUB3","url":null,"abstract":"MAJOR FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE DESIGN OF RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS ARE NOTED BRIEFLY. FOUR ARE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL TO VALIDATE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS: CAREFUL AND EXPLICIT PROBLEM DEFINITION, COST-EFFECTIVE REPLICATION, ANALYSIS OF \"INFERENCE SPACE\" (LIMITATIONS OF DATA, POPULATION, OR EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN THAT CONSTRAIN APPLICATION OF THE RESULTS WITHIN CERTAIN BOUNDS), AND UNDERSTANDING OF RESTRICTIONS ON RANDOMIZATION. METHODS OF HANDLING EXTRANEOUS VARIABLE AND THE USE OF HISTORICAL DATA ARE DISCUSSED, AND AN EXAMPLE IS GIVEN OF THE USE OF RANDOMIZATION RESTRICTION IN THE DESIGN OF A HEART VALVE EXPERIMENT.","PeriodicalId":202069,"journal":{"name":"Highway Research Record","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128570088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TRAVEL TO OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS IN KENTUCKY","authors":"J. Deacon, J. Pigman, R. Deen","doi":"10.1080/00222216.1972.11970096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.1972.11970096","url":null,"abstract":"DURING THE SUMMER OF 1970 A LICENSE-PLATE O/D STUDY WAS CONDUCTED AT 160 SITES IN 42 MAJOR RECREATION AREAS IN KENTUCKY. MODELLING CONCENTRATED ON THE SIMULATION OF DISTRIBUTED TRAVEL FLOWS FROM EACH OF 190 ORIGIN ZONES IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES TO EACH OF THE 42 AREAS. THE PRIMARY INDEPENDENT VARIABLES EMPLOYED WERE POPULATION OF THE ORIGIN ZONE, ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE RECREATION AREA, AND SPATIAL SEPARATION OF THE ZONES AND AREAS. THE CROSS-CLASSIFICATION MODEL WAS FOUND TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE MEANS FOR SIMULATING AND PREDICTING OUTDOOR RECREATION TRAVEL FLOWS AND WAS DECIDEDLY SUPERIOR TO ANY OF THE SINGLE-EQUATION MODELS EVALUATED. WITH THIS MODEL PER-CAPITA DISTRIBUTED FLOWS WERE FLOUND TO DECREASE AT A DECREASING RATE WITH INCREASING POPULATION, INCREASE AT AN INCREASING RATE WITH INCREASING ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE TYPE OF RECREATION FACILITY, AND DECREASE AT A DECREASING RATE WITH INCREASING DISTANCE.","PeriodicalId":202069,"journal":{"name":"Highway Research Record","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1972-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121899493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF CITY STREETS: THE RESIDENTS' VIEWPOINT","authors":"D. Appleyard, M. Lintell","doi":"10.1016/B978-0-08-023686-5.50014-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-023686-5.50014-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":202069,"journal":{"name":"Highway Research Record","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1972-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126225770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NEW TIRE-STUD DEVELOPMENTS","authors":"Rolf J. Cantz","doi":"10.4271/720116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4271/720116","url":null,"abstract":"ALTHOUGH THEY OFFER SNOWBELT MOTORISTS SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT OF VEHICLE CONTROL ON ICY ROADS, STUDDED TIRES HAVE BEEN ATTACKED WITH INCREASING VIGOR BY HIGHWAY OFFICIALS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO ROAD WEAR. TESTS OF SOME RECENTLY DEVELOPED TIRE-STUD DESIGNS SHOW PROMISE THAT THE SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE FACTORS OF STUDDED TIRES CAN BE RETAINED-BUT WITH A CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF ROAD WEAR CAUSED BY THEIR USE. IN ADDITION TO A REDUCTION IN WEIGHT AND MINOR DIMENSIONAL CHANGES, MOST OF THESE NEW TIRE STUDS ARE DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE CARBIDE PIN WILL MOVE FARTHER INTO THE STUD BODY IF, AT ANY TIME, THE PROTRUSION OF THE STUD FROM THE TIRE EXCEEDS A CRITICAL LIMIT. (THE GREATER THE PROTRUSION IS, THE GREATER THE IMPACT FORCE IS; AND IT IS HIGH-IMPACT FORCE THAT CAUSES THE ROAD WEAR). WITH THEIR BUILT-IN PROTRUSION-ADJUSTMENT CAPABILITY, THE NEW TIRE STUDS MAINTAIN NEARLY UNIFORM PROTRUSION THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIME. THEIR ABILITY TO DO SO IS UNAFFECTED BY DIFFERENCES IN WEAR RESISTANCE OF VARIOUS RUBBER COMPOUNDS, DRIVING SPEEDS, OR ROAD SURFACES TRAVELED. TIRES FITTED WITH THESE NEW STUDS SHOW AN INCREASE OF 75 PERCENT IN COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION ON SMOOTH ICE AS COMPARED TO IDENTICAL TIRES WITHOUT STUDS. COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION DECREASES ONLY ABOUT 5 PERCENT WITH SUCH STUDDED TIRES ON BARE CONCRETE (CEMENT) ROADS. NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL IN PERFORMANCE BETWEEN STUDDED AND UNSTUDDED TIRES HAS BEEN FOUND ON BARE BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT, DRY OR WET.","PeriodicalId":202069,"journal":{"name":"Highway Research Record","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1972-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121207232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AN OPERATIONAL PLANNING INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES","authors":"Robert L Maxman, W. L. Grecco","doi":"10.5703/1288284313767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284313767","url":null,"abstract":"THE WEALTH OF DATA COLLECTED ON THE URBAN AREA BY MANY PEOPLE FOR A MULTIPLICITY OF PURPOSES HAS LED TO AN INEFFICIENT, DISORGANIZED UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES FOR DATA HANDLING. UNTIL RECENTLY, MOST OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTED HAS BEEN GATHERED BY A SPECIFIC GROUP FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT USABLE BY OTHER THAN THE PRIMARY DATA RECIPIENT BECAUSE OF ITS NARROW DEFINITIONS AND SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS. PROVIDED HEREIN IS A SYSTEM WHEREBY DATA THAT ARE COLLECTED ONLY ONCE ARE USABLE BY ALL SEGMENTS OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. UNIVERSALLY COMPATIBLE DEFINITIONS, AGGREGATION UNITS, AND PROCEDURES ARE DESCRIBED. COMPUTER PROGRAMS WERE DEVELOPED TO HANDLE THE DATA FOR THE SYSTEM. THE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM (EDSARS) WILL MAKE A USEFUL TOOL FOR ALL SEGMENTS OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT BY PUTTING ALL GENERALLY USABLE DATA IN ONE PLACE WITH ONE SET OF DEFINITIONS AND AGGREGATED ON ONE USEFUL MODULE, USING ONE SET OF DATA HANDLING PROCEDURES. THE BASIC UNIT OF DATA COLLECTION ESTABLISHED WAS THE PARCEL, THEREBY PROVIDING A HIGH DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY IN DATA AGGREGATION. THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION THEORY AS IT APPLIES TO URBAN DATA SYSTEMS IS FIRST EXPLORED. THE ACTUAL CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF EDSARS IS EXPLAINED NEXT, FOLLOWED BY THE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES NEEDED TO UTILIZE THE EDSARS SYSTEM. /AUTHOR/","PeriodicalId":202069,"journal":{"name":"Highway Research Record","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1969-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127348219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ANALYSIS OF CONCRETE SLABS ON GROUND SUBJECTED TO WARPING AND MOVING LOADS","authors":"K. H. Lewis","doi":"10.5703/1288284314480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284314480","url":null,"abstract":"A THEORY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WHEREBY STRESSES AND DEFLECTIONS COULD BE CALCULATED FOR A SERIES OF RECTANGULAR SLABS LYING ON A VISCOELASTIC FOUNDATION AND SUBJECTED TO A MOVING LOAD. THE STRESSES AND DEFLECTIONS ARE CAUSED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE SLAB, THE MOVING CONCENTRATED LOAD, AND THE LINEAR TEMPERATURE (OR MOISTURE) VARIATIONS THAT CAUSE SUFFICIENT WARPING SO THAT THE SLAB IS ONLY PARTIALLY SUPPORTED BY ITS FOUNDATION. THE SUPPORT CONDITIONS WERE SIMULATED BY A KELVIN VISCO-ELASTIC MODEL, AND ZONES (WHICH DEPENDED ON THE VALUE OF SUB-GRADE REACTION) WERE SET UP SO THAT THE SOLUTIONS TO THE GOVERNING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS COULD BE REDUCED TO A SET OF SIMULTANEOUS ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS. THE EQUATIONS WERE SOLVED WITH THE AID OF AN IBM 7090 DIGITAL COMPUTER USING A FORTRAN SOURCE PROGRAM. IT WAS FOUND THAT WHEN PARTIAL SUPPORT CAUSED BY WARPING EXISTS, THE TENSILE STRESS IN THE SLAB CAN INCREASE WITH INCREASING VELOCITY OF LOAD. MOREOVER, THE MAXIMUM DEFLECTION (DOWNWARD) NEED NOT OCCUR WHEN THE VELOCITY OF THE LOAD IS EQUAL TO ZERO. THE REDUCTION IN SUBGRADE SUPPORT OVER A NARROW REGION (8 FT. OR LESS) LEADS TO DEFLECTIONS AND STRESSES THAT ARE HIGHER THAN THOSE CALCULATED USING THE INITIAL VALUE OF SUBGRADE REACTION. THIS IS PARTICULARLY EVIDENT WHEN THE LOAD IS OVER THE REGION OF REDUCED SUBGRADE REACTION. /AUTHOR/","PeriodicalId":202069,"journal":{"name":"Highway Research Record","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130678398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE USES OF THEORY IN THE SIMULATION OF URBAN PHENOMENA","authors":"B. Harris","doi":"10.1080/01944366608978207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01944366608978207","url":null,"abstract":"A BRIEF EXAMINATION IS MADE OF THE PART PLAYED BY THEORY IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. THEORY AND PRACTICE ARE CONTRASTED AND A PARALLEL CONTRAST IS DRAWN BETWEEN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. AN EFFORT IS MADE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IN THE MODERN WORLD IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO DRAW A SHARP LINE BETWEEN THESE VARIOUS OPPOSED PAIRS OF ACTIVITIES. IT IS ALSO CONCLUDED THAT THEORY AND PRACTICE HAVE A WELL-KNOWN RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP RELATED TO SCIENTIFIC INDUCTION AND DEDUCTION. AN EXAMINATION IS MADE OF THE CREATIVE JUMP FROM INDUCTIVE GENERALIZATION TO THE GENERATION OF NEW THEORIES OR NEW WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE WORLD WHICH WILL SUSTAIN EXTENSIVE DEDUCTION AND GENERATE NEW HYPOTHESES WHICH ARE TESTABLE. THREE CRITERIA FOR USEFUL THEORIES ARE DISCUSSED' CAPACITY FOR MANIPULATION, FRUITFULNESS, AND ECONOMY. OTHER CRITERIA SUCH AS REALISM, COMPREHENSIBILITY, AND COMPREHENSIVENESS ARE EXAMINED AND FOUND TO BE ONLY PARTLY APPLICABLE. THE DISCUSSION IS ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH EXAMPLES FROM LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION SIMULATION. CONCLUSIONS ARE DRAWN REGARDING FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF RESEARCH AND SOME OF THE DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS. /AUTHOR/","PeriodicalId":202069,"journal":{"name":"Highway Research Record","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1966-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129050462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors Influencing the Application of Nuclear Techniques to Soil Compaction Control","authors":"T. Williamson","doi":"10.5703/1288284313701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284313701","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":202069,"journal":{"name":"Highway Research Record","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1966-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126258503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SYNCHRONIZING TRAFFIC SIGNALS FOR MAXIMAL BANDWIDTH","authors":"J. Little, B. Martin, J. T. Morgan","doi":"10.1287/OPRE.12.6.896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/OPRE.12.6.896","url":null,"abstract":"TRAFFIC SIGNALS CAN BE SYNCHRONIZED SO THAT A CAR STARTING AT ONE END OF THE STREET AND TRAVELING AT PREASSIGNED SPEEDS, CAN GO TO THE OTHER END WITHOUT STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT. THE PORTION OF A SIGNAL CYCLE FOR WHICH THIS IS POSSIBLE IS CALLED THE BANDWIDTH FOR THAT DIRECTION. ORDINARILY THE BANDWIDTH IN EACH DIRECTION IS SINGLE, I.E., IS NOT SPLIT INTO TWO OR MORE INTERVALS WITHIN A CYCLE. TWO PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED FOR THIS CASE' /A/ GIVEN AN ARBITRARY NUMBER OF SIGNALS ALONG A STREET, A COMMON CYCLE LENGTH, THE GREEN AND RED TIMES FOR EACH SIGNAL, AND SPECIFIED VEHICLE SPEEDS IN EACH DIRECTION BETWEEN ADJACENT SIGNALS, SYNCHRONIZE THE SIGNALS TO PRODUCE BANDWIDTHS THAT ARE EQUAL IN EACH DIRECTION AND AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE, AND /B/ ADJUST THE SYNCHRONIZATION TO INCREASE ONE BANDWIDTH TO SOME SPECIFIED, FEASIBLE VALUE AND MAINTAIN THE OTHER AS LARGE AS IS THEN POSSIBLE. THE METHOD OF CALCULATION HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED FOR A 20K IBM 1620. /AUTHOR/","PeriodicalId":202069,"journal":{"name":"Highway Research Record","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1964-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131318335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of On-Ramp Capacities by Monte Carlo Simulation","authors":"R. F. Dawson, H. Michael","doi":"10.5703/1288284313661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284313661","url":null,"abstract":"^^^ INTRODUCTION j_ Purpose and Scope of Study , CRITERIA FOR ON-RAMP CAPACITY 6 REVIEW OF ON-RAMP CAPACITY 10 Variables Influencing On-Ramp Capacity 10 Procedures For Analysis of On-Ramp Capacity ... 11 Results of Previous Studies 20 No Acceleration Lane and Stop-Sign Control ... 21 Acceleration Lane and No Sign Control 29 Diamond On-Ramps and Outer Clover Connectors . . 31 DESCRIPTORS OF THE RAMP SITUATION 34 Roadway Characteristics 34 Geometric Layout 34 Traffic Control 35 Vehicle Characteristics 36 Driver Characteristics 36 PIEV Time 36 Minimum Time and Space Clearances 37 Gap Acceptance 38 Traffic and Environmental Characteristics .... 43 Traffic Distribution Between Lanes 43 Headv;ay-Vehicle Generators 48 Speed I'todels 51 Rules of Operation 53 Queuing Discipline . 53 Vehicle and/or Driver Behavior ....... 53","PeriodicalId":202069,"journal":{"name":"Highway Research Record","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1964-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130149637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}