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Traffic Behavior Analysis in Expressway Confluence Part by Application of Virtual Reality Technology

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16560465
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 交通工学・国土計画
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

IIDA Katsuhiro  Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor, 大学院・工学研究科, 助教授 (70222809)

Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Keywordsexpressway / confluence part / virtual reality technology / ヴァーチャルリアリティ
Research Abstract

This research aimed analyzing the traffic behavior in the expressway confluence part from the congestion measures and the viewpoint of measures for safety by applying the Virtual Reality (VR) technology. Particularly, this research focuses on the relation between an addition lane (acceleration strip) where the establishment of the design manual was requested and traffic behavior.
In 2004, the additional lane length was examined from the point of confluence driving action by investigating the change in the driving action according to different additional lane length. The experiment of this study was carried out with a driving simulator. As the result, it could be confirmed that the degree of freedom of the confluence car behavior increased from a diversified aspect in case when the length of additional lane extended from 200m to 400m or 600m. And the tendency was remarkable in the scene with high traffic density of the main line.
In 2005, the behavior of the vehicle affected by the length of additional lane was analyzed. First of all, the reproducibility of the current state of the indoor experiment data was confirmed. Concretely, the reproducibility about the behavior of rear cars of the gap was confirmed. And then, in order to evaluate the effect of additional lane from the aspect of the main line car, the influence that the confluence car gave to the behavior of the main line car was analyzed. The finding was obtained tending of the amplification of the deceleration wave and the bottleneck phenomenon to being eased for 6OOm in additional lane length.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2005 2004

All Journal Article (7 results)

  • [Journal Article] VR技術の適用による合流部付加車線延伸効果の検討2005

    • Author(s)
      飯田克弘, 隅本雄一, 巽 義知, 安時亨
    • Journal Title

      土木計画学研究論文集 vol.22,No.4

      Pages: 905-912

    • NAID

      130003840298

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 合流部付加車線延伸時の本線車両の挙動解析2005

    • Author(s)
      飯田克弘, 巽 義和, 隅本雄一
    • Journal Title

      土木計画学研究講演集 No.32(onCDROM)

    • NAID

      130004039544

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Examination of the Effectiveness of Additional Line Length at the Merging Part of Expressway2005

    • Author(s)
      Katsuhiro IIDA, Yuichi SUMIMOTO, Yoshitomo TATSUMI, Sihyoung AN
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Infrastructure Planning Vol.22, No.4

      Pages: 905-912

    • NAID

      130003840298

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Examination of the Influence of Additional Line Length to Traffic Flow at the Merging Part of Expressway2005

    • Author(s)
      Katsuhiro IIDA, Yoshitomo TATSUMI, Yuichi SUMIMOTO
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Infrastructure Planning No.32 (CD-ROM)

    • NAID

      130004039544

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] VR技術の適用による合流部付加車線延伸効果の検討2005

    • Author(s)
      飯田克弘, 隅本雄一, 巽 義知, 安 時亨
    • Journal Title

      土木計画学研究論文集 vol.22, No.4

      Pages: 905-912

    • NAID

      130003840298

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 合流部付加車線延伸時の本線車両の挙動解析2005

    • Author(s)
      飯田克弘, 巽 義知, 隅本雄一
    • Journal Title

      土木計画学研究講演集 No.32(on CDROM)

    • NAID

      130004039544

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] VR技術の適用による合流部付加車線延伸効果の検討2004

    • Author(s)
      飯田克弘, 隅本雄一, 巽 義知, 安 時亨, 逢坂光博
    • Journal Title

      土木計画学研究講演集 No.30(CDROM)

    • NAID

      130003840298

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2004-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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