616 Pages
by
CRC Press
616 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This handbook discusses tyre-road contact forces generated by heavy vehicles covering their influence on road surface and bridge response and damage, as well as ways of regulating and improving vehicles so as to minimize road damage.;The main incentive for understanding vehicle-road interaction is the possibility of reducing the road damage caused by heavy vehicles and the very high associated... Read more
Preface
Acknowledgement
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Vehicle Dynamics
Part 3: Guideway Response
Part 4: Damage Mechanics: Flexible Pavements
Part 5: Vehicle-Guideway Interaction
Part 6: Suspension Design to Minimise Road Damage
Part 7: Assessing Road - Damaging Potential
Part 8: Main Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendices
References
Index
Biography
David Cebon, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK.
