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Evaluating the effect of main factors in determining speed bump location based on Taguchi design of experiments

Use of speed bumps as a traffic-calming technique is a key issue to a safe and smooth traffic flow. Lack of consideration on finding the best location for speed bump installation before stop points, such as traffic junctions, has provided the motivation to conduct this study. This paper investigates...

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Main Authors: Khademi, Alireza, Hosseini, Seyedeh Sabereh, Mirzapour, Seyed Ali, Jeddi, Alireza Rangraz, Mohd. Yusof, Noordin, Mohd. Rohani, Jafri, Khademi, Shahab
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/52753/
https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v69.3152
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spelling my.utm.527532018-06-30T00:44:45Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/52753/ Evaluating the effect of main factors in determining speed bump location based on Taguchi design of experiments Khademi, Alireza Hosseini, Seyedeh Sabereh Mirzapour, Seyed Ali Jeddi, Alireza Rangraz Mohd. Yusof, Noordin Mohd. Rohani, Jafri Khademi, Shahab TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Use of speed bumps as a traffic-calming technique is a key issue to a safe and smooth traffic flow. Lack of consideration on finding the best location for speed bump installation before stop points, such as traffic junctions, has provided the motivation to conduct this study. This paper investigates the influence of some main factors on determining bump location and to optimize the distance from bump to stop point in order to obtain the minimum speed at this point. A robust design was used whereby the effect of environmental noises on the parameters was investigated using the Taguchi design of experiments. A 2-level L8 inner array and an L4 outer array design is used to evaluate and analyze the results. The results suggested that the linear models effectively explain the performance indicators within the ranges of the factors. It can be concluded that the optimum setting suggested is at the most influential levels of the design parameters which yields a robust and insensitive design for speed bump installation after considering the effect of environmental noises. The car speed before bump has the greatest influence and also the most robust factor in terms of signal-to-noise ratio and mean analysis. Penerbit UTM 2014 Article PeerReviewed Khademi, Alireza and Hosseini, Seyedeh Sabereh and Mirzapour, Seyed Ali and Jeddi, Alireza Rangraz and Mohd. Yusof, Noordin and Mohd. Rohani, Jafri and Khademi, Shahab (2014) Evaluating the effect of main factors in determining speed bump location based on Taguchi design of experiments. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering), 69 (3). pp. 99-104. ISSN 0127-9696 https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v69.3152
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Khademi, Alireza
Hosseini, Seyedeh Sabereh
Mirzapour, Seyed Ali
Jeddi, Alireza Rangraz
Mohd. Yusof, Noordin
Mohd. Rohani, Jafri
Khademi, Shahab
Evaluating the effect of main factors in determining speed bump location based on Taguchi design of experiments
description Use of speed bumps as a traffic-calming technique is a key issue to a safe and smooth traffic flow. Lack of consideration on finding the best location for speed bump installation before stop points, such as traffic junctions, has provided the motivation to conduct this study. This paper investigates the influence of some main factors on determining bump location and to optimize the distance from bump to stop point in order to obtain the minimum speed at this point. A robust design was used whereby the effect of environmental noises on the parameters was investigated using the Taguchi design of experiments. A 2-level L8 inner array and an L4 outer array design is used to evaluate and analyze the results. The results suggested that the linear models effectively explain the performance indicators within the ranges of the factors. It can be concluded that the optimum setting suggested is at the most influential levels of the design parameters which yields a robust and insensitive design for speed bump installation after considering the effect of environmental noises. The car speed before bump has the greatest influence and also the most robust factor in terms of signal-to-noise ratio and mean analysis.
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author Khademi, Alireza
Hosseini, Seyedeh Sabereh
Mirzapour, Seyed Ali
Jeddi, Alireza Rangraz
Mohd. Yusof, Noordin
Mohd. Rohani, Jafri
Khademi, Shahab
author_facet Khademi, Alireza
Hosseini, Seyedeh Sabereh
Mirzapour, Seyed Ali
Jeddi, Alireza Rangraz
Mohd. Yusof, Noordin
Mohd. Rohani, Jafri
Khademi, Shahab
author_sort Khademi, Alireza
title Evaluating the effect of main factors in determining speed bump location based on Taguchi design of experiments
title_short Evaluating the effect of main factors in determining speed bump location based on Taguchi design of experiments
title_full Evaluating the effect of main factors in determining speed bump location based on Taguchi design of experiments
title_fullStr Evaluating the effect of main factors in determining speed bump location based on Taguchi design of experiments
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the effect of main factors in determining speed bump location based on Taguchi design of experiments
title_sort evaluating the effect of main factors in determining speed bump location based on taguchi design of experiments
publisher Penerbit UTM
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/52753/
https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v69.3152
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