SEDL / STP / STP1164-EB / STP15910S

Dynamic Force Measurement Vehicle (DFMV) and Its Application to Measuring and Monitoring Road Roughness

Ashmore, SC
Program Manager, Nevada Automotive Test Center, Carson City, NV

Hodges, HC
Vice President, Nevada Automotive Test Center, Carson City, NV

Pages: 28    Published: Jan 1992

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Abstract

A method for measuring the longitudinal profile of a highway or off-highway surface is given. As a paper presented at a “Vehicle, Tire Pavement Interface” meeting, this profile method is of particular interest to those involved in the study of vehicle response, as well as pavement roughness. The advantages and uses of a wave-number spectrum presentation of road roughness is discussed.