Example figures: duration of high current velocity

Explanations

Period of time during which the magnitude of current velocity lies above a given velocity limit.

• left top: value of the parameter for the 1st class [limit velocity: 0.1 m/s].
• right top: value of the parameter for the 3rd class [limit velocity: 0.5 m/s].
• left bottom: value of the parameter for the 5th class [limit velocity: 0.9 m/s].
• right bottom: value of the parameter for the 7th class [limit velocity: 1.3 m/s].

Examples

current velocity > 0.1 m/s	current velocity > 0.5 m/s

current velocity > 0.9 m/s	current velocity > 1.3 m/s

Closely related quantities

• duration of low current velocity
• exceedance frequency of velocity limits

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