China Safety Science Journal ›› 2024, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 77-84.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2024.01.0039

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Visual load in threshold zone of highway tunnel based on Topsis improved factor analysis method

LIANG Bo1,2(), QIN Can1,**(), NIU Jia'an1, XIAO Jinghang1, WEN Sen3   

  1. 1 College of Civil Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
    2 State Key Laboratory of Mountain Bridge and Tunnel Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
    3 China Merchants Chongqing Communications Research & Design Institute Co., Ltd., Chongqing, 400067, China
  • Received:2023-08-12 Revised:2023-11-10 Online:2024-01-28 Published:2024-07-28

Abstract:

In order to investigate the visual load of drivers at the threshold zone of linear highway tunnels, five visual indicators of drivers were collected through the real vehicle test. A visual load evaluation model was developed by the Topsis improved factor analysis method, the visual load at different times and locations was analyzed, the evaluation criteria of driving comfort were proposed based on the constructed visual load curve, the generalization ability of the constructed load model was verified by using published data, and finally, the influence of visual indicators on visual load was investigated by sensitivity analysis. The results show that when the driver locates about -13 m to 55 m (12:00) and -10 m to 49 m (15:00) from the entrance, the visual load exceeds the boundary value (0.906), indicating the driver's driving comfort and safety is extremely low. The visual load and closeness of the drivers near the entrance are much greater than those inside and outside the entrance, and the visual load and closeness at 18:00 are much lower than those at 12:00 and 15:00. The sensitivity parameters of the visual indicators are fixation duration, pupil area, fixation time, saccade range, saccade speed in descending order.

Key words: Topsis improved factor analysis, threshold zone of highway tunnel, visual load, traffic safety, visual indicators

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