Properties of random component of longitudinal road profile influenced by local obstacles

International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 256-276

  Múčka, Peter ^a   Kropáč, Oldřich ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS AND MACHINE MECHANICS   (Slovakia)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

International roughness index; IRI; Long term pavement performance; Longitudinal road profile; LTPP; Median filter; Obstacle; Power spectral density; PSD; Roughness; Unevenness index; Vibration; Waviness

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; PAVEMENTS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INDEX; LONG-TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL ROAD PROFILE; LTPP; OBSTACLE; UNEVENNESS INDEX; VIBRATION; WAVINESS;

MEDIAN FILTERS;

EID: 77951228977     PISSN: 17456436     EISSN: 17456444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVSMT.2009.032019     Document Type: Article

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