Probabilitic assessment of wind related accidents of road vehicles: a reliability approach

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 74-76, Issue , 1998, Pages 1079-1090

  Sigbjörnsson, Ragnar ^a   Snæbjörnsson, Jónas Thór ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; AUTOMOBILE; WIND EFFECT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AERODYNAMICS; GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL; WIND EFFECTS;

SAFETY INDEX; WIND ENGINEERING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0032044832     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(98)00099-3     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. C.J. Baker, A simple analysis of various types of wind-induced road vehicle accidents, J. Wind Eng. Aerodyn. 22 (1) (1986).
2. C.J. Baker, Measures to control vehicles movements at exposed sites during windy periods, J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 25 (2) (1987).
3. C.J. Baker, High sided articulated vehicles in strong cross winds, J. Wind. Eng. Aerodyn. 31 (1) (1988).
4. C.J. Baker, Ground vehicles in high cross winds - Part I: Steady aerodynamic forces - Part II: Unsteady aerodynamic forces - Part III: The interaction of aerodynamic forces and the vehicles system. J. Fluid Struct. 5 (1991).
5. C.J. Baker, The quantification of accident risk for road vehicles in cross wind, J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 52 (1994) 93-107.
6. C.J. Baker, Private communication, 1996.
7. S.A. Coleman, C.J. Baker, High sided road vehicles in cross wind, J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 36 Part 2 (1990) 1383-1392.
8. S.A. Coleman, C.J. Baker, An experimental study of the aerodynamic behaviour of high sided lorries in cross winds, J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 53 (3) (1994) 401-429.
9. O. Ditlevsen, Uncertainty Modelling with Application to Multidimensional Civil Engineering Systems, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1981.
10. O. Ditlevsen, H.O. Madsen, Structural Reliability Methods, Wiley, New York, 1996.
11. S. Watkins, J.W. Saunders, P.H. Hoffmann, Turbulence experienced by moving vehicles - Part I : Introduction and turbulence intensity, J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 57 (1) (1995) 1-17.