Feasibility of a grade severity rating system : final report
Title:
Feasibility of a grade severity rating system : final report
Author:
Myers, Thomas T.
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Publication Information:
Washington : Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Environmental Division ; Springfield, Va. : Available through the National Technical Information Service, 1980.
Physical Description:
194 p. in various pagings : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
General Note:
"Report no. FHWA-RD-79-116."
Contents:
Introduction -- The truck downgrade accident problem -- The truck downgrade braking model -- The grade severity rating system -- References -- Appendices.
Abstract:
The objective of this study has been to determine the feasibility and format of a grade severity rating system (GSRS) so that existing countermeasures can be more rationally applied and the need for new countermeasures can be established. The study as conducted consisted of a literature review, the development of a truck downgrade braking model, a series of field tests to validate the model and the final development of a prototype grade severity rating system. With the grade severity rating system a downgrade may be given a numerical rating based on the severity of the grade. A speed selection model was also developed that can be used to determine a safe speed of descent based on the grade severity rating and the weight of the truck.
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