Table 8. Running speed by longitudinal gradient.
(Unit:km/h)
Longitudinal gradient | Horizontal alignment | Slope |
Uphill | Downhill |
Avg. | Min. | Max. | S.D. | | Avg. | Min. | Max. | S.D. | |
<5% | Straight | 9.1 | 5.7 | 16.6 | 2.6 | A | 8.4 | 5.1 | 15.1 | 1.8 | A |
Curve | 7.7 | 2.0 | 16.6 | 3.4 | A | 7.0 | 1.6 | 11.2 | 2.4 | A |
5∼10% | Straight | 9.1 | 5.4 | 18.4 | 2.4 | A | 8.6 | 5.9 | 11.0 | 1.3 | A |
Curve | 8.4 | 2.2 | 12.3 | 1.9 | A | 7.5 | 2.0 | 12.1 | 2.6 | A |
10%≤ | Straight | 8.7 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 1.6 | A | 7.9 | 5.6 | 11.8 | 1.7 | A |
Curve | 7.1 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 1.7 | A | 6.7 | 2.7 | 9.7 | 2.1 | A |
Same letter are not significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test (p=0.05).