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Title:

Accident Assessment of Vehicles on Long-Span Bridges and Highways in Strong Wind

Abstract:

This paper presents a framework of vehicle accident analysis model on long-span bridges in windy environments. Researchers found that (1) the proposed accident analysis model can be used to predict accident risks, (2) reducing driving speed is effective at lowering accident risk, (3) critical wind speed limits should be set to decide when to close the bridge, and (4) overturning is most likely to happen on the bridge for high-profile vehicles, like trucks and tractor-trailer.

Source(s):

17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference; Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Date: 2004

Author:

Chen, Cai

Keywords:


Crashes
Safety
Wind

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