Using the new sports driving coefficient for the layout design in new karting circuits

Paula Lloret Fores
Ingeniero Técnico de Obras Públicas
Polytechnic University of Valencia 

Miguel Angel Salvador Carrera Hueso
Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
Associate Professor (Teaching unit of Roads and Airports)
Polytechnic University of Valencia
Chief Highways Projects Section
CITMA 

ABSTRACT

In the approach to the design of a kart circuit, usually the plot where it stands it is fixed, so the proposed alternatives usually have the same costs of implementation. Therefore, in this article it has created a sporty driving factor which will be the acceleration diagram area per unit length, which allows you to choose the design of a circuit that offers the driver greater enjoyment of the sport. For this it has been done testing in an actual circuit, thereby obtaining the values ​​of velocity and acceleration. These values ​​have extrapolated based on the radii of curvatures presented for different layout alternatives raised, obtained for each coefficient sporty driving, which will serve to compare and determine the most optimal route from the point of view of the driver.

KEYWORDS

Plotting, Circuit, Design, Kart, Sport, sports driving coefficient, bending radius, Racechromo Program