Characterisation of pavement profile heights using accelerometer readings and a combinatorial optimisation technique

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 329, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 497-508

  Harris, N K ^a   Gonzalez, A ^a   OBrien, E J ^a   McGetrick, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMISATION; IN-VEHICLE; INERTIAL SENSOR; NOVEL METHODS; PAVEMENT ROUGHNESS; PAVEMENT SURFACE; PROFILE HEIGHTS; PROFILE MEASUREMENT; ROAD PROFILE; ROAD SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ROLL DYNAMICS; VEHICLE ACCELERATION; VEHICLE AXLES;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VEHICLES; WHEELS;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 70449646155     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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