Application of System Reliability Analysis in Geometric Design: A Case Study of Horizontal Curves on the Sea to Sky Highway

Existing geometric design guides provide a deterministic approach for design requirements using conservative percentile values of design inputs to account for the uncertainty associated with these inputs. Recently, researchers have advocated the use of reliability analysis to account for uncertainty in the geometric design process and to evaluate the risk associated with a particular design. In this approach, a risk measure (e.g., probability …