Characteristics and Modeling of Operating Speed at Horizontal Curves on Rural Four-Lane Highways

국도 4차로 곡선부에서 주행속도의 특성 및 모형

  • Published : 2002.12.01

Abstract

Under a specific roadway alignment condition by design-speed standards, safety of the roadway is determined by an actual operating speed of a driver. This research takes first lanes of four-lane(hi-direction) rural highways as target facility. It also takes the straight and curved lanes of the selected highways for in-depth study. This study used NC-97 to detect speeds of passenger cars whose speeds are not affected by front vehicles. This research analyzed properties of 85th percentile operating speed at upstream of horizontal and through curves under various alignment conditions. The results show that 53∼65 Percent of drivers drive faster than the posted speed-limit (80KPH) by 14∼20 KPH on average. It also shows that the 85th-percentile operating speeds are the lowest at the middle point of curve length when curve radius is smaller. However, they are lowest at 1/4 point of curve length when curve radius is greater. Along roadways where curve radius is small, difference between upstream speed and the speed along the curve is considerably large. On the other hand. the speed difference is setting smaller as the curve radius is increasing. According to the results, significant variables affecting the 85th percentile operating speeds are curve radius and the 85th-Percentile operating speeds of upstream curves.

특정 설계속도 기준에 따라 도로의 선형 조건이 주어졌을 때, 설계자가 기대했던 것만큼의 속도로 운전자가 차량을 주행하는지는 도로의 안전성을 좌우하는 기본 틀을 형성한다. 본 연구는 국도 4차로 평면 단곡선부의 1차로를 공간적 범위로 설정하고, 진입부 직선도로∼곡선부도로∼진출부 직선도로로 구분하여 선행차량에 의해 영향을 받지 않는 승용차의 주행속도를 NC-97장비를 이용하여 조사하였다. 다양한 곡선부 기하조건 하에서 직선부 85백분위 주행속도(Vt)와 곡선부 85백분위 주행속도 (Vc) 특성을 분석한 결과, 곡선부에서 평균 S3∼65%정도의 많은 운전자들이 제한속도(80kph) 보다 평균14∼20kph 정도 높게 주행하고, 곡선부 85백분위 주행속도가 낮은 지점은 곡선반경이 작을 때는 곡선부 중앙(2L/4)이었으나 곡 선반경이 커지면 곡선부 L/4지점으로 이동(단, L=곡선장)하고, 곡선반경에 따른 직선부·곡선부 85백분위 주행속도 차이는 곡선반경이 작을수록 커지고 곡선반경이 클수록 작아진다는 연구 결과가 도출되었다. 또, 현장조사결과와 개발한 모형을 통하여 곡선부 주행속도에 영향을 미치는 중요한 인자로는 곡선반경과 직선부 85백분위 주행속도라는 연구결과가 도출되었다.

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