The use of vehicle acceleration measurements to estimate road roughness

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 483-499

  Gonzalez A ^a   O'Brien, E J ^a   Li, Y Y ^a   Cashell, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Classification; Dynamics; ISO; Roughness

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETERS; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VEHICLES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; CAR MANUFACTURERS; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; POWER SPECTRAL; RANDOM DEVIATIONS; ROAD CONDITIONS; ROAD IRREGULARITIES; ROAD PROFILES; ROAD ROUGHNESS; ROAD SURFACES; ROUGHNESS INDEX; SUSPENSION PERFORMANCE; VEHICLE ACCELERATIONS; VISUAL INSPECTION (VI);

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 46149126668     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110701485050     Document Type: Article

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