Pavement marking retroreflectivity inspection data: A weibull analysis

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2055, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Sathyanarayanan, Sudhakar ^a   Shankar, Venky ^a   Donnell, Eric T ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY MARKINGS; LIFE CYCLE; PAVEMENTS; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

COST-EFFICIENT; INSPECTION DATUM; LIFE CYCLE MODEL; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; PENNSYLVANIA; PRODUCT EVALUATION; WATER-BASED PAINTS; WEIBULL ANALYSIS; WHEELPATH;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 56749158894     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2055-08     Document Type: Article

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