Mobile mapping technology of wind velocity data along highway for traffic safety evaluation

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 507-518

  Chen, Suren ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Liu, Juhua ^a   Wu, Jun ^a   Bienkiewicz, Bogusz ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosswind; GPS; Mobile testing; Vehicle; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE TESTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUCKS; VEHICLES; VELOCITY; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

CROSSWIND; DRIVING CONDITIONS; GEOSPATIAL VIDEOS; HIGHWAY VEHICLES; MOBILE TESTING; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENTS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; STRONG CROSSWINDS;

ROAD VEHICLES;

ANEMOMETER; AUTOMOBILE; FIELD SURVEY; GPS; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952674606     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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