GATE Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 Shift 1 Solved Paper

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The maximum number of vehicles observed in any five minute period during the peak hour, If the total flow in the peak hour is 1000 vehicles, the five minute peak hour factor (round off to 2 decimal places) is

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Solution:

Given (maximum number of vehicle) in 5 minutes

=160

vehicles
Flow in the peak hour

=1000

vehicles
5 minute-Peak hour factor

=\;{\;\text " Peak flow "\;}/{12(5 \;\text " minute traffic "\;)}=\;{1000}/{12(160)}=0.52

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