Contribution to the weaving area management using microscopic simulation model
Author
Source
Journal of University of Babylon for Engineering Sciences
Issue
Vol. 23, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2015), pp.667-677, 11 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2015-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
11
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Topics
Abstract EN
Weaving sections have been proved to be the bottleneck of motorway because of high lane changes in this section rather than other sections in the motorway.
In this study, a simulation model has been developed to cover the shortcomings inherit in the existing simulation package such as Paramics, VISSIM and AIMSUN.
The model has been developed using Visual Compact Fortran as bed set because of its efficiency in representing different scenarios and high quality of animation representation.
On other hand, Field data has been collected throughout the Greater Manchester City to be used in the calibration and validation of the developed model.
Then, a new management has been suggested by this study to change the type of weaving section from Type A (ramp weave) to Type B.
This management has been done by using the pavement marking only.
A case study has been taken from Northenden section which suffers from high congestion and long queuing.
By applying this management using simulation model, the encouraging results show vanishing the congestion and disappearing the queuing completely.
The merit of this study is that most weaving sections in the UK have the geometric design which enables to make this management applicable.
Finally, this management could be more economical than using traffic signal and adding new lane because the capacity of new section will be higher than original section as indicated in the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM).
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Jamil, Hamid Adhab Idan. 2015. Contribution to the weaving area management using microscopic simulation model. Journal of University of Babylon for Engineering Sciences،Vol. 23, no. 3, pp.667-677.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-654123
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Jamil, Hamid Adhab Idan. Contribution to the weaving area management using microscopic simulation model. Journal of University of Babylon for Engineering Sciences Vol. 23, no. 3 (2015), pp.667-677.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-654123
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Jamil, Hamid Adhab Idan. Contribution to the weaving area management using microscopic simulation model. Journal of University of Babylon for Engineering Sciences. 2015. Vol. 23, no. 3, pp.667-677.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-654123
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 676-677
Record ID
BIM-654123