Effects of 'road friendly' suspensions on long-term flexible pavement performance

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 411-424

  Collop, A C ^a   Cebon, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air suspension; Flexible pavement; Heavy vehicles; Leaf spring suspension; Long term pavement performance; Road damage; Road friendly suspensions

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; DEFORMATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STIFFNESS;

AIR SUSPENDED VEHICLES; LEAF SPRING SUSPENSIONS; WHOLE LIFE PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE MODEL (WLPPM);

VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 0031382024     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406971521827     Document Type: Article

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