Modeling to Traffic Flow on Indian Expressway and Urban Mid-Block Section using Simulation Technique

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International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)

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Volume: 04 Issue: 07 | July -2017

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Modeling to traffic flow on Indian expressway and urban mid-block section using simulation technique Venakatesh Patil 1, Tilak P Kurugod 2 , B vinayaka3 123M.Tech,

Dept. of civil engineering Reva institute of technology, Bangalore, India

------------------------------------------------------------------------------***----------------------------------------------------------------------------add additional 18,637 kms of expressways. In measuring Abstract: - The work aims to model the traffic flow on the growth of a country, a well-developed network of Indian expressways, by evaluating passenger car unit or roadways is a key factor. The fact that India ranks 3rd in the passenger car equivalents of different categories if vehicles list of the countries by road networks next to United States at different volume levels, using Micro simulation model and China, so this improving position of India globally. VISSIM. Hence adopting single PCU for a given vehicle is not accurate but rather a dynamic or stochastic PCU that To determine the traffic volume the non-uniform accounts for all the factors should be adopted. This work speed and vehicle dimensions also present a challenge. By also aims to evaluate capacity of expressways and to study standardizing the vehicle volume as Passenger Car Unit the vehicle composition. From the study, it has been found (PCU) by converting vehicles with non-uniform that PCU decreases with increase in volume capacity ratio dimensions to passenger car equivalents, the hurdle of irrespective of vehicle category. For this study tumkur determining heterogeneous traffic volume can overcome. flyover is selected as study stretch. The objective of this study In traffic it is complicated of studying how non-uniform is to estimate and study the possible variation of Passenger interact and effect each other. The interaction among the Car Unit (PCU) values of different categories of vehicles at vehicles can be shown by the quantum of traffic flow various traffic volume levels under heterogeneous traffic impeded by a particular vehicle type. To measure Relative conditions prevailing on basic expressway sections of India Impedance Passenger Car Unit (PCU) is used. For in level terrain. VISSIM is used to model the heterogeneous measuring traffic capacity or traffic volume PCU is the traffic-flow. Field data collected on traffic flow standard unit.For both homogeneous and heterogeneous characteristics such as free speed, acceleration, lateral traffic flows Vissim software is commonly used for clearance between vehicles, etc. are used for calibration and simulation. validation of the simulation modeling VISSIM. The validated simulation model is then used to derive Passenger Car Unit 1.2 Objectives of the Study (PCU) values for different types of vehicles. Key words: heterogeneous traffic flow, expressways, urban mid-block section, simulation, pcu, roadway capacity

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1. INTRODUCTION In Indian road, network highways are the standard grade of roads. At the location of intersection usually provided with grade, separators and they are 6-8 lane Controlled access highways. In India approximately 1455.4 km of expressways operational currently. In India, an expressway is an arterial highway for motorized traffic, with divided carriageways for high-speed travel, with full control of access and provided with grade separators is the definition. In India expressways is different from other roads in the country which traffic consists of only cars and trucks where bicycle, three wheelers and two-wheelers are not allowed to play. By the year 2022, the government of India aims to expand the highway network and plans to

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For the estimation of road capacity and PCU values base models to be prepared. In Vissim the calibrating and validating, the models for simulation the collected data’s are used for the traffic are acceleration, lateral clearance, speed, etc. Influence of cars length and speed value, sedan and hatchbacks cars considering as standard passengers cars. The vehicles of all types to drive passenger car unit (PCU) the validated simulated model is used.

2. LITERATURE REVIEW Various researches to estimate the PCU have adopted different methodologies. Large proportion of studies utilized simulation for traffic is to infer the PCU values of geometrical and for traffic conditions. The process base

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