Impact of wide-base single tires on pavement damage

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2155, 2010, Pages 82-90

  Greene, James ^a   Toros, Ulas ^b   Kim, Sungho ^c   Byron, Tom ^a   Choubane, Bouzid ^a  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRACKS; FATIGUE DAMAGE; PAVEMENTS; SOFTWARE TESTING; TIRES; TRUCKS;

AXLE LOADS; BOTTOM UP; CONTACT AREAS; DUAL TIRES; EARLY TYPES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; PAVEMENT DAMAGE; SAFETY BENEFITS; TRUCKING INDUSTRY; WIDE BASE TIRES;

TESTING;

EID: 78651329528     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2155-09     Document Type: Article

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