Development of a Microscopic Simulation Based Performance Evaluation Model to Compare Operational Improvements with Capacity Additions

Tang Tang; Da Zhi Sun; Vipinshankar Govindankutty

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.668-669.1476

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Development of a Microscopic Simulation Based Performance Evaluation Model to Compare Operational Improvements with Capacity Additions

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The objective of this study is to develop a microscopic simulation model to objectively compare operational improvements with capacity expansions. Simulation software VISSIM was used to redesign the existing facilities for the performance evaluation of operational improvement and capacity expansion strategies from delay time, emission and fuel consumption perspective. Two case studies were performed with different test beds to evaluate the effectiveness of performance evaluation model, majorly involving dynamic speed, ramp metering and hard shoulder usage strategies which are discussed in detail to illustrate the changes due to operational improvement and capacity expansion strategies.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 668-669)

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Tang Tang*, Da Zhi Sun, Vipinshankar Govindankutty

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Capacity Additions, Dynamic Speed, Micro Simulation, Operational Improvements, Performance Evaluation, Vissim

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