• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.4D
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• pp.443-450
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• 2009

Uninterrupted facility - since there is a close relationship between traffic volume, speed and density -, when a ramp traffic flow merges into the main line, will change the traffic speed or density, and the corresponding correlational model equation will be changed. Thus, this study, using time and space-series traffic data on areas under the influence of such a merging, identified sections which changed the correlation between speed and density variables, and examined such changes. As a result, the upstream and merging sections showed the "Underwood"-shaped exponent, and the downstream after passing the merging section showed a straight line "Greenshields" model. The downstream section which changed the correlation between speed and density showed a gradual downstream movement phenomenon within 100 m-500 m from the end of the third lane linking with the ramp, as the traffic approached the inner lanes. Also, the upstream section, merging section, and downstream section involving a change showed heterogeneous traffic flows which, in the speed-density model, have a statistically different free flow speed (constant) and a different ratio of free flow speed to jam density (gradient).

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.62-73
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• 2020

Access management is aimed at preserving the road's high intercity mobility. In urbanized areas, immoderate acceleration lane-length requirements restrict the accessibility of land. Therefore, there are many opinions to revise the minimum acceleration lane-length requirement. For this purpose, it is important to diagnose the effects of slow vehicles on the mainline. This study analyzed a single merging vehicle's total delay occurrence depending on the mainline traffic flow rate and merging speed. A linear relationship was observed between the mainline traffic flow rate and total delay. As a merging speed increases gradually from 40km/h to 100km/h in 20km/h intervals, the total delay decreases by 5.0, 1.6, and 5.1 times, respectively. This shows that the ideal condition with the total delay is less than 0.5 vehicle·sec when there is no speed difference between the mainline and merging vehicle. On the other hand, given the one-second response time of drivers, the total delay occurrence was slightly low when the speed difference between the mainline and merging vehicle was less than 20km/h.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.217-228
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• 2009

Sections under the influence of merging in an uninterrupted facility create irregular interaction between vehicles, such as lane change, speed acceleration and deceleration because of the merging of ramp traffic flows which have traffic characteristics different from those of the main line. This causes a confused traffic flow phenomenon(turbulence), which is considered an unstable traffic characteristic between various continuous points in consideration of v conditions. In this study, in merge influence sections, detectors by lane-point were installed to create time and space-series -traffic data. The least significant difference(LSD), as the criteria for discriminating a significant speed change between points, was calculated to examine the turbulence. As a result, turbulence in merge influence section was found to change the zones of such occurrence and the seriousness levels according to traffic condition. Thus, the maximum merge influence section due to the turbulence was created in the traffic condition before congestion when traffic increases. According to characteristics of changes in speed, merge influence section was divided into upstream 100m$\sim$downstream 100m(a section of speed reduction), and downstream 100m$\sim$downstream 400m(a section of reduced speed maintenance and acceleration).

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.67-76
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• 1998

본 연구는 현행 오르막차로 설계기준이 적정한지를 검증하고 오르막차로 설계기준 제시에 목적을 두고 있다. 오르막차로와 본선에 대한 현장의 속도분포와 화물차량의 합류형태를 바탕으로 오르막차로 설계기준을 검증하고 개발하였으며, 주요 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 설계속도 120km/h에서 화물차의 50백분위비율과 85백분율은 각각 66km/h와 76km/h로 나타났기 때문에 현행 설계속도 80km/h 이상의 구간에서 화물차의 허용최저속도를 60km/h로 규정하고 있는 것을 설계속도 기준을 세분화하여 설계속도가 100km/h 이상인 구간에서는 화물차의 허용최저 속도를 70km/h로 함이 타당한 것으로 도출되었다. 둘째, 설계속도 80km/h인 구간에서의 화물차 허용최저속도는 60km/h로 규정한 것이 적정하다고 확인되었다. 셋째, 설계속도 80km/h 미만의 구간에서 화물차의 허용최저속도는 설계속도에서 20km/h를 감한값을 사용하는데, 이 때 20km/h 감속을 한계속도 기준으로 사용하는 것이 적정하다고 확인되었다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.23 no.8 s.86
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• pp.53-66
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• 2005

This paper analyzes the effects of acceleration lane lengths on the traffic characteristics of merging areas. Two merging areas, Suwon IC and Singal JC, which have remarkably different acceleration lane length were selected as field study sites. Traffic data were collected through dividing each merging area into several subsections. Not only conventional flow, speed and density data but also a newly introduced MOE, density variation were used to analyzed the characteristics of merging area. Singal JC which has longer acceleration lane than Suwon IC showed more severe congestion, and the cause of the results was figured out.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.195-205
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• 2001

The objective of the paper is to analyze the traffic characteristics for freeway merging area. Freeway merging area is different from basic section due to ramp vehicles. Therefore, to understand the traffic characteristics of (leeway merging area, this study focused on two factors including critical time headway required in merging maneuver and maximum possible merging volume. In this paper, new model that adopts critical time headway instead of critical time gap in calculating the maximum possible merging volume based on probability function was developed In previous studies, for calculating the maximum possible merging volume, it was considered that merging vehicles could merge freely if a given time gap was greater than the critical time gap. Also, the critical time gap was used as the same value in all traffic flow conditions. But, a time gap required in merging maneuver could be changed, even to the same driver, because difference of relative speed varies in different traffic flow conditions. So, in some cases, the critical time gap could be insufficient value in merging maneuver. Therefore, in this study. a calculating procedure for critical time headway in all traffic flow conditions was presented. Also, the maximum possible merging volume and capacity for freeway merging area were calculated by using the previously found critical time headway.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.2D
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• pp.167-173
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• 2009

In general, an influenced area of merging section is defined as 500 m including 100 m upstream and 400 m downstream. However, from an observation of the actual traffic flow, it is found that merging effect influences more on downstream than upstream. In this study, an influenced area of merging section on freeway is analyzed by using turbulence which is defined as conflicts between vehicles. In order to overcome the limits of existing traffic flow detection system established with intervals of about 500 m, this study uses raw data collected from the detectors which are established in entrance ramps with similar road conditions. To divide data of each point into similar road conditions, the data of total 72 hours is sorted by Level of Service. An influenced area analyzed by standard deviation of speed is 700 m section of highway, including 300 m upstream and 400 m downstream, for both right and left ramps. It is the result including upstream 200 m more than previous studies.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.360-360
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• 2016

도시 배수 시스템에서 유입유량이 관거의 만관 상태를 초과하거나 하류 흐름 때문에 발생하는 역류의 영향을 받는다면, 관거 시설은 과부하(surcharge) 상태인 압력흐름이 된다. 중력흐름 상태에서 맨홀의 수두 손실은 일반적으로 무시되지만, 과부하 맨홀에서의 수두 손실은 중요하며, 우수 관거 시스템의 전체 손실에 상당한 부분을 차지하게 된다. 이러한 현상은 여러 개의 맨홀을 가지는 도시 배수 시스템에서 특히 중요한 사항이 된다. 따라서 관거 시설 내 맨홀에서의 수리적 에너지 손실에 대한 연구와 보다 구체적인 설치 기준의 제시가 요구되고 있는 실정이다. 특히 배수관거 시스템의 하류부에 설치되는 4방향 합류맨홀은 맨홀으로 유입되는 주 유입관과 측면 유입관의 유입흐름의 영향으로 맨홀 내의 유수교란에 의한 흐름특성이 복잡하므로 이에 따른 흐름특성의 변화를 분석하고 에너지 손실을 연구할 필요가 있다. 그러므로 우수 관거 시스템의 우수 배제 능력을 증가시켜 도심지의 침수를 방지하기 위한 관거시설의 적정 설계 기준이 필요하며, 합리적인 설계 기준을 제시하기 위하여 과부하 4방향 합류 맨홀 내에서의 수두 손실을 분석할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 수리모형 실험의 물질적, 시간적 한계를 극복하고 과부하 4방향 합류맨홀에서의 복잡한 흐름특성을 분석하기 위하여 일반적으로 3차원 유체거동의 특성분석에 많이 사용되는 FLUENT 6.3 모형을 선택하였다. 합류맨홀 및 접합 관거의 기하 모형의 격자망은 수치해석의 안정성 확보를 위하여 맨홀과 연결관의 합류부분에서는 사면체 격자로 구성하고 합류부분을 제외한 구간에서는 6면체 격자로 구성하였으며, 각 격자의 면은 가능한 사각형 또는 삼각형의 형태를 취하도록 하였다. 합류맨홀 모형의 벽면에는 No-Slip 경계조건을 부여하였으며, 유입부에는 속도 조건, 유출부와 맨홀의 자유수면 부분의 경계에서는 대기압 조건을 부여하였다. 수리모형 실험 결과와 비교하기 위하여 유입 관거의 유속 조건을 수리 모형실험의 조건과 동일하게 채택하여 수치모의를 수행하였다. 수치모형의 적용 결과 맨홀 내에서의 유속변화, 수심변화 및 압력변화에 대해서는 수리모형 실험 결과와 유사한 경향을 나타내고 있으며, 수치모형에 의하여 산정된 4방향 합류맨홀에서의 손실계수 값과 수리모형 실험에 의하여 산정된 손실계수 값이 유사하므로 우수 관거 시스템의 4방향 합류맨홀에서의 흐름 변화 및 손실계수 예측하는 데에 있어서 FLUENT 6.3 모형은 사용 가능하리라 판단된다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.115-128
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• 2002

Traffic engineers have developed and implemented various microscopic simulation models to verify the traffic performance and to prevent the expected problems. The existing microscopic simulation models categorize drivers into several types to reflect various drivers' driving patterns but miss the dynamics of drivers' behavior changed based upon the traffic conditions. It was found from the field data collected from two different merging sections on an urban freeway in Seoul, Korea, that the drivers' critical gap distributions are changed based on (1) the traffic density on the adjacent lane to the acceleration lane and (2) the opportunities left to merge in terms of distance to the end of acceleration lane. It was also found from the study that the drivers' critical gap distributions follow the Normal distribution. and its mean and variance change while a vehicle progresses on an acceleration lane. This paper proposes a new gap-acceptance model developed based on a set of drivers' critical gap distributions from each segment on the acceleration lanes. Through the comparison study between the field data and the results from the simulation utilizing the proposed model, it was verified that (1) the distribution of merging points on an acceleration lane to the adjacent main lane at different density levels, (2) the size of the gap accepted for merging and (3) the speed difference between the merging vehicle and the trailing vehicle at the time of merging are statistically identical to the field data at 95% confidence level.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.109-116
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• 2012

This study is aiming to separate highway entrance ramps from impact zones which are considered the characteristics and real traffic situations in each lane and section. The results of this study can be applied to Lane Control System and control the traffic flow for highway more efficiently. Based on earlier studies which analyzed impact zones in entrance-ramp junction using the standard deviation of speed, this study divides more segmentalized impact zones according to the degree of turbulences. As a result of this study, about 800m of intervals, from 500m of upper flow (1,2,3 lane) to 300m of lower flow(2, 3 lane), shows similar traffic characteristics influenced by entrance ramp directly.