Unbound roads trafficked by heavily loaded tyres with low inflation pressure

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-173

  Douglas, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRAIN; TIRES;

CENTRAL TIRE INFLATION (CTI); FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETERS (FWD); HEAVILY LOADED TIRES;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 0031208436     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/itran.1997.29648     Document Type: Article

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