PURPOSES : The purpose of this study is to identify the causes and expected problems of traffic flow in connection with ground roads that are expected to become stagnant owing to the increase in underground road infrastructure, and to derive methods to solve the problem in the future. METHODS : The basic design of underground roads is similar to that of tunnels. However, there is a point where the slope is large as the entering and exiting sections move underground. The ability of a heavy vehicle to assume a mound may vary depending on the slope. Therefore, in this study, a connection path section with a long slope was constructed using VISSIM, a simulation program, and it was verified whether analysis related to the slope and heavy vehicles in an underground road can be performed in the simulation. Subsequently, an analysis was conducted by setting a scenario and an effect index. In particular, this study analyzes internal delay patterns in the event of an unexpected situation on an underground connection road by performing shock wave analysis to analyze speed reduction according to heavy vehicles and slopes. RESULTS : A correlation between the slope of the underground road and decrease in the average speed according to the increasing rate of heavy vehicles was established. It was also possible to analyze the maximum length and duration of the delay connected to the rear in the event of a delay in the underground road and the shock wave speed transmitted to the rear. The analysis showed that the rate of increase in problems owing to delays ranged from 5% to 20% for the ratio of heavy vehicles. In particular, all effect scales increased significantly at a 9% slope. CONCLUSIONS : This study analyzes the causes of land congestion (slope and heavy vehicle mixing rate), which can be a major problem in underground roads in the future. In the future, by establishing lane-specific speed control strategies and lane control strategies based on this study, it will be necessary to derive solutions such as introducing traffic safety on the underground road by minimizing the shock wave delivered to the rear by providing information on traffic communication conditions inside the underground road to individual vehicles.

고속도로 및 국도 등의 인터체인지 유출부에 대한 설계기준과 연구 내용은 주로 변이구간, 감속차로, 곡선반경, 유출각 및 노즈부의 형상 등 자동차와 도로 기하구조간의 운동역학적인 관점의 안전성 확보만 주요 관심사였다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 차량 주행속도 특성에 초점을 맞추어 첫째 현행 설계기준의 이론적 의미를 해석하고, 둘째, 유출부 완화곡선에서 차량의 주행속도 및 교통사고 특성을 살펴보았고, 셋째, 기존의 인터체인지 유출 램프부 최소곡선반경의 부적합성을 검토한 후 운전자의 완화 곡선부 주행특성에 맞는 새로운 완화곡선 설계방법을 제시하였고 그 결과를 산출하여 기존방법과 비교 검토한 결과 유출램프 완화 곡선부 설계속도 50km/h, 40km/h의 경우기존의 원심력과 구심력이 평형을 이루는 최소곡선반경에서 관성력이 커져 교통사고의 위험이 높아진다는 것을 확인할 수 있었고 새로이 제안한 감속주행 완화곡선에서는 기존의 완화곡선보다 관성력이 작아지고 곡선은 커져 기존보다 안전한 곡선으로 확인되었다.