The weighted longitudinal profile. A new method to evaluate the longitudinal evenness of roads

Road Materials and Pavement Design

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-157

  Ueckermann, Andreas ^a   Steinauer, Bernhard ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evenness; Irregular Unevenness; Longitudinal Profile; Pavement Analysis; Periodic Unevenness; Transients

Indexed keywords

EVENNESS; IRREGULAR UNEVENNESS; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; PAVEMENT ANALYSIS; PERIODIC UNEVENNESS;

PAVEMENTS;

TRANSIENTS;

EID: 47249158573     PISSN: 14680629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/rmpd.9.135-157     Document Type: Article

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