Impact of High-Altitude on Truck’s Climbing Speed: Case study in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area in China

<figure class="figure-group responsive"><div class="sub-figure" id="a"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jat/volume-2019/8560204/figures/8560204.fig.009a.svgz" name="8560204.fig.009a" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label"><b>(a) </b>Speed increase =5 km/h</div></div><div class="sub-figure" id="b"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jat/volume-2019/8560204/figures/8560204.fig.009b.svgz" name="8560204.fig.009b" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label"><b>(b) </b>Speed increase =10 km/h</div></div><div class="sub-figure" id="c"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jat/volume-2019/8560204/figures/8560204.fig.009c.svgz" name="8560204.fig.009c" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label"><b>(c) </b>Speed increase =15 km/h</div></div><div class="sub-figure" id="d"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jat/volume-2019/8560204/figures/8560204.fig.009d.svgz" name="8560204.fig.009d" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label"><b>(d) </b>Speed increase =20 km/h</div></div></figure>

<p>Test truck’s speed increase and its corresponding distance at different altitudes.</p>

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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Figure 9: Impact of High-Altitude on Truck’s Climbing Speed: Case study in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area in China 