Benefits and costs of four approaches to improving rollover stability of cargo tank motor vehicles

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2066, 2008, Pages 114-121

  Pape, Douglas B ^a   McMillan, Nancy ^a   Greenberg, Art ^a   Mayfield, Heather ^a   Chitwood, J Caleb ^a   Winkler, Christopher B ^b   Blower, Daniel ^b   Gordon, Timothy ^b   Barnes, Michelle ^b   Brock, John ^c   Harback, Kate ^a,d  

^a Battalle Mamorial Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Windwalker Corporation   (United States)

^d MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; STABILITY; VEHICLES;

BENEFITS AND COSTS; BROADER APPROACH; CARGO TANKS; DECISION ERRORS; DRIVER ERROR; DRIVERS' TRAINING; ELECTRONIC STABILITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; ROLLOVER CRASHES; ROLLOVER STABILITY;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EID: 58449085520     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2066-13     Document Type: Article

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