Brazil is the country with the highest number of road traffic deaths by inhabitant in South America, been the state of Paraná, the 60 in the national ranking of road traffic deaths. However, been between the most populous ...

Traffic accidents are a major cause of death and serious injuries in developing countries, such as Brazil. Despite several actions on road safety in the last decade, the worldwide accident mortality rate has stagnated, ...

The location and operation of harvest machinery, along with the design and construction of access roads, are important problems faced by forestry planners, making up about 55% of total production costs. One of the main ...

Discusses the proposed construction of elevated walkways with landscaping for Queen street in Port of Spain for pedestrian use.

The problem studied in this paper is that of designing the optimal open pit haulage ramp that, for a given ramp width and a maximum ramp gradient, connects two points of the mine, minimising construction and operational ...