Contact bridging dampers for back-up on automated highways

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-175

  Renfrew, A ^a   Gonzalez Villasenor A ^a   Brunn, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BROADCASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND VEHICLES; INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

HAZARDOUS CONSEQUENCES; OPERATIVE SYSTEM; POWER REDUCTION; SECURE COMMUNICATIONS; TECHNICAL FAILURE;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 34249033708     PISSN: 1751956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-its:20060054     Document Type: Article

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