A. Bieliatynskyi, Shilin Yang, V. Pershakov, O. Akmaldinova, K. Krayushkina, M. Shao
{"title":"Prospects for the Use of Ash and Slag Waste in the Construction of Road Pavement","authors":"A. Bieliatynskyi, Shilin Yang, V. Pershakov, O. Akmaldinova, K. Krayushkina, M. Shao","doi":"10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.580","url":null,"abstract":"The relevance of the subject matter is conditioned by the importance of resolving the issues of practical use of ash and slag waste to create a high-quality road surface. The aim of the study is to determine the main promising areas for the use of ash and slag waste in creating a reliable road surface structure during roadway repair. The leading approach in this study is the systematic analysis of the entire complex of issues submitted for consideration, in the context of assessing the importance of the prospects for the practical use of waste in road construction to create a high-quality road surface and the prospects for reducing the cost of its maintenance and possible repair. It has been found that the practical use of ash and slag waste can significantly increase the strength of the road surface and increase its service life. Also, it is stated that the use of ash and slag mixture allows for achieving a significant reduction in the cost of building materials. It is concluded that the activating additives should be introduced to reduce cement consumption.","PeriodicalId":297140,"journal":{"name":"The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126814783","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":"Black Ice Prediction Model for Road Pavement Using Weather Forecast Data and GIS Database","authors":"T. M. Phan, Min-Seok Jang, Dae-Wook Park","doi":"10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.579","url":null,"abstract":"Black ice is a thin coating of ice on the road surface, which strongly reduces friction at the tire-road surface, resulting in dangerous driving when it happens. An appropriate diagnostic of black ice could prevent traffic accidents as well as provide timely notice to drivers. Therefore, this study aims at developing a black ice prediction model to diagnose the probability of black ice formation. Several combinations that can form road ice have been considered, including freezing rain, hoar frost, freezing of wet roads. In addition, black ice risky index (BRI) has been computed to reflect the probability of black ice formation. To acquire a fast prediction and high accuracy, the existing Geographical Information System (GIS) database and meteorological data have been utilized. GIS database includes road geometry and location of automatic weather stations, while the meteoritical data consists of air temperature, wind speed, humidity, cloud cover. The model has been developed based on the Python programming language. A 5-km road condition was observed from 1 December to 31 December 2021 to determine the model accuracy. Based on the results from the prediction model, black ice formation has been verified when the BRI is higher than 0.8. The model may be useful to develop black ice diagnostic program.","PeriodicalId":297140,"journal":{"name":"The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126909316","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}
Ramadan Mazrekaj, B. Đurin, A. Shala, Shpetim Lajqi, E. Alamatian
{"title":"A Novel Approach to Analysis of Road Accidents Using the Trend Analysis and IPTA Method: A Case Study of Kosovo","authors":"Ramadan Mazrekaj, B. Đurin, A. Shala, Shpetim Lajqi, E. Alamatian","doi":"10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.576","url":null,"abstract":"Road accidents in Kosovo cause more than 100 deaths each year and about EUR 40 million in property damage. The paper presents an accident prediction model that relates accident frequency to various contributory factors and is developed using trend analysis and the Innovative Polygon Trend Analysis method. In addition, the study investigates road traffic accidents using a novel methodology to compare the different modes and other parameters. The presented research also discusses the road safety in Kosovo, which is a Republic with relatively low economic growth based on GDP per capita, a young population, an increase in the number of vehicles per capita, and an increase in the number of road accidents, but a decline in the number of deaths from road accidents in recent years.","PeriodicalId":297140,"journal":{"name":"The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127103267","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":"Modeling of Effective Parameters for Capacity Prediction at Signalized Intersection Lanes","authors":"M. Aydın","doi":"10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.578","url":null,"abstract":"Current capacity manuals do not allow comprehensively evaluating negative effects on lane capacity caused by undisciplined vehicle movements and lane utilization, such as failure to obey distance rules, lane blockage caused by roadside parking effect, formation of an extra lane using in the emergency lane, etc., which are mostly observed in undeveloped and developing countries. Irregularities of the traffic flow caused by undisciplined movements and lane utilization result in decreased capacity or traffic change on the urban lanes. To overcome this problem, a lane-based study was carried out to determine the relation among effective parameters and their effect on lane capacity. In order to model the impact of these parameters, a comprehensive study was conducted in two cities in Turkey. Two different methods (statistical analysis and metaheuristic search algorithm) were used for this purpose and new more reasonable lane capacity estimation models (ALLCEM-1 and ALLCEM-2) were developed by examining all local conditions. The results proved that both examined methods are effective in modelling lane capacity of signalized intersections. It was also found that such parameters as the type of intersection (either a roundabout or not), effective green time, saturation flow rate, traffic volume, heavy vehicle ratio, and the number of actively used lanes have a major impact on the accuracy of prediction of road capacity.","PeriodicalId":297140,"journal":{"name":"The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering","volume":"338 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134066791","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}
K. Vranešić, M. Serdar, S. Lakušić, V. Kolář, A. Mariscotti
{"title":"Dynamic Stray Current Measuring Methods in Urban Areas","authors":"K. Vranešić, M. Serdar, S. Lakušić, V. Kolář, A. Mariscotti","doi":"10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.583","url":null,"abstract":"In areas where urban tracks are used as public transportation, dynamic stray currents cause high maintenance costs for the tracks and metal structures near the tracks. S tray currents caused by rail vehicles depend on many factors (traffic density, vehicle speed, acceleration and deceleration, soil and track moisture), so it is very difficult to get a clear picture of the harmfulness of the stray current based on the results of a single field measurement. However, there are several measurement methods that can be used to determine the presence of stray currents and predict appropriate track maintenance actions. Some of these methods are described in this article, namely the use of stray current mapper, measurement of rail potential and rail current, measurement at the stray current collection system, and the use of non-destructive sensors. In track construction, measuring the electrical potential between rail and ground is one of the most common methods of detecting the damaging influence of stray current.","PeriodicalId":297140,"journal":{"name":"The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering","volume":"22 6S 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115942409","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":"Data Envelopment Analysis for Efficiency Measurement of Bridge Resilience","authors":"V. Lad, D. A. Patel, K. Chauhan, K. A. Patel","doi":"10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.585","url":null,"abstract":"The resilience of a bridge is computed using different quantitative and qualitative assessment methodologies. However, the resilience score obtained by these assessment approaches is insufficient for the decision-makers for setting a priority level for bridges in need of resilience improvement. To address this issue, the present study develops a methodology using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. A total of 12 bridges are selected as the decision-making units in the DEA model. This study considers the variables such as age, area, design high flood level, and finish road level of the bridge as inputs, and bridge resilience index as the output variable. Based on these variables, three frameworks are developed to compute the efficiency of bridge resilience. A variable return to scale with the output-oriented formulation of DEA is selected to compute the efficiency of bridge resilience in all three frameworks. Thus, the proposed methodology enables bridge owners to set a priority level for bridges in need of resilience improvement based on the scores of the assessment methodology.","PeriodicalId":297140,"journal":{"name":"The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115520073","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":"Numerical Study of Road Embankment Type Action on Shear Stress Around Skewed Bridge Abutment","authors":"M. Asadi, F. Kilanehei, A. Mahjoob","doi":"10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.581","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the effect of different geometries of approach embankments and guides banks on the flow pattern and bed shear stress values in the skewed bridges in the compound channel using three-dimensional numerical modelling. First, the numerical model was evaluated based on the results of existing laboratory studies. After ensuring its proper performance, the elliptical guide bank and the three types of abutments: vertical-wall, spill-through, and wing-wall, at different skew angles are examined. Investigation of the values of maximum velocity and bed shear stress at the flow-conducting embankment and the flow-splitting embankment showed that in the flow-conducting embankment, the best performance is assigned to the elliptical guide bank. In contrast, the performance of various abutments is different for the flow-splitting embankment depending on the skew angle of the bridge. Then, different patterns based on streamlines for the geometry plan of the guide bank were proposed and studied. The results show that the most suitable pattern for the guide bank reduces the maximum flow velocity by up to 15% and reduces the maximum bed shear stress by up to 80% around the flow-splitting embankments.","PeriodicalId":297140,"journal":{"name":"The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114803716","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":"Impact of E-Scooters on Road Safety: A Case Study in Lithuania","authors":"Vilma Jasiūnienė, Aja Tumavičė","doi":"10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.577","url":null,"abstract":"The rapidly g rowing popularity of electric scooters in recent years has allowed the road user to choose another alternative mode of transportation. On the one hand, it is an ecological means of transportation in the city, allowing you to quickly reach your destination; on the other hand, it is a vehicle that causes risk to road safety. Although this is a fairly new mode of transport, it is already of great concern for road safety authorities. E-scooter accidents are recorded with all road users – pedestrians, bicyclists, motor vehicles, other e-scooter riders, or even alone. In this article, the analysis made according to the accident data of 2019–2020 showed that the highest number of accidents occurred between e-scooters and vehicles. Most e-scooter accidents with motor vehicles occur in the intersection zone or during a vehicle turning manoeuvre to (or from) side streets and exit lanes. A descriptive statistical analysis showed that the proportions of the distribution of road accidents between accident participants changed significantly during the analysis period – the number of road accidents between e-scooters and bicycles increased, while the number of accidents between e-scooters and pedestrians decreased. The road accidents between e-scooters and other vulnerable road users are usually caused by sudden, unexpected manoeuvring of road users. Identification of accident schemes and locations is an additional tool for traffic organisation specialists and road safety professionals to prevent accidents, injuries, and fatalities.","PeriodicalId":297140,"journal":{"name":"The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132830298","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}
Mehmet Fatih Yilmaz, K. Ozakgul, Barlas Ozden Caglayan
{"title":"Simulation-Based Reliability Analysis of Steel Girder Railway Bridges","authors":"Mehmet Fatih Yilmaz, K. Ozakgul, Barlas Ozden Caglayan","doi":"10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.568","url":null,"abstract":"Bridges are an essential component of the transportation system and safety and sustainability of bridges are critical for the efficient operation thereof. Due to scarcity of resources, an economical way should be determined to design and maintain bridges and the transportation system in general. Reliability indexes are widely used in the analysis of these concepts within a semi-probabilistic approach. However, advances in computer technology allow implementing a fully-probabilistic approach. This study represents a simulation-based reliability analysis of steel girder bridges in the railway lines. Statistical parameters of the bridges are determined both analysing the existing body of knowledge available in the literature and conducting specimen tests. The Bayesian approach is used to update the statistical properties of the steel material. Basic Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) is used to simulate the load and resistance of the bridge. The reliability of the bridges is determined according to their ultimate limit states and statistical load distribution. By using simulation, the consistency of the log-normal marginal distribution obtained is analysed herein.","PeriodicalId":297140,"journal":{"name":"The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126002375","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}