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Protecting traffic from extreme wind

Croatia is a small European country which greatly varies in its relief forms – in the north we have plains, in the middle part high Velebit Mountain massif and next to them is Adriatic Sea. Complex airflow regime is characterized by a stormy wind called bora which occurs in the southern part of the country on the slopes of Velebit Mountain near the Adriatic coast. Nature of bora is quite unpredictable – it is a north to northeastern gusty wind. The strongest bora occur-rences are from September till March, although it can also reach stormy speeds during the sum-mer months (July and August). This paper treats the influence of the bora wind on traffic safety in this region together with wind protection structures and evaluation of their efficiency.

bora; motorway network; protection rules; wind protection structures; recommendations

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