Evaluation of the effect of deteriorating riding quality on bus-pavement interaction

Autor:	C.M.W. Dreyer, W J vd M Steyn
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Engineering business.industry media_common.quotation_subject riding quality maintenance Transport engineering Pavement engineering vertical accelerations Quality (business) road conditions business vehicle operating costs bi-articulated bus Civil and Structural Engineering Road user media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 2-8, Published: SEP 2015
ISSN:	2309-8775 1021-2019
DOI:	10.17159/2309-8775/2015/v57n3a1
Popis:	Deteriorating riding quality has a negative impact not only on infrastructure, but on the road user as well. Road users experience higher vehicle operating costs (VOCs), longer travel times, congestion and uncomfortable rides, to name a few. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the link between deteriorating riding quality and high vertical accelerations (awz) and VOCs for a bi-articulated bus on an identified bus route with different responsible road authorities in rural Mpumalanga, South Africa. The link, as identified, indicated that the speed the bus travelled played a big role in the generation of awz. Recommendations for future research are also proposed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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