Reflective Properties of Selected Road Surfaces for an Automobile Headlamp Geometry

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1657, 1999, Pages 79-90

  Schnell, Thomas ^a   Zwahlen, Helmut T ^b   Smith, Ryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002260112     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1657-11     Document Type: Article

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