• Title/Summary/Keyword: Road Roughness

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Construction and Design Related Issues in Road Widening for Concrete Pavement (콘크리트포장 확장접속부의 시공 및 설계상의 문제점 분석)

  • Yang, Sung-Chul
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.8 no.4 s.30
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    • pp.25-36
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    • 2006
  • Through field surveys and evaluation on several widened concrete pavements, issues on construction and design related problems are broken down into three categories to be discussed; poor smoothness, influence of traffic vibration on concrete curing, and poor connection to the existing pavement. There are many places where about 100mm only of the marginal strip is removed and where defects such as widening and faulting are observed. Also cracks arise again from the patched areas due to stress concentration near the joint. Roughness on the widened concrete pavement was evaluated and there are some stations where the smoothness limit is over passed. For design consideration, shortage of the required force in the tie-bar is expected in case of road widening specially from 3 lanes to 4 lanes. Finally the average pull-out force of specimens made from the current practice was about 57% of the required force. New connecting methods were suggested in this study.

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Pavement Maintenance System Through using the Permutation Algorithm (순열알고리즘을 이용한 도로포장의 유지보수)

  • Jang-Rak, Kim;Sang-Yum, Lee;Sungho, Mun
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2014
  • PURPOSES : This study focuses on conducting pavement rehabilitation for more deteriorated roads given a limited government budget. METHODS : Therefore, we apply a optimization programming model of the permutation algorithm used for rehabilitating more deteriorated pavement areas, which is subjected to the limited budget. RESULTS : The permutation algorithm was evaluated in terms of determining the maximized rehabilitation of deteriorated pavement areas, using the newly developed performance models such as fatigue cracking, rutting, international roughness index(IRI) through the surveying data from 2006 to 2012. When compared with a traditional model of the so-called worst-first sequence(WFS) method, the permutation algorithm worked better than the WFS method, resulting in covering more deteriorated pavement areas given the limited government budget. CONCLUSIONS : Through a case study, it could be concluded that the permutation algorithm provides more reliable results in terms of rehabilitating more deteriorated pavement areas given the limited budget.

The detection of IC engine's Mutiple misfire using Walsh transform (월쉬변환을 이용한 IC엔진의 다중실화검출)

  • 김종부;이태표어정수임국현
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 1998.06a
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    • pp.235-238
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    • 1998
  • This paper presents the detection of internal combustion engine's multiple misfire. The primary cause of air pollution by vehicles is imperfect conbustion of fuel. The CARB(California Air Resources Board) have imposed regulations for the detection of misfiring in automotive engines. The OBD-II regulations requir that misfire should be monitored by the diagnostic system, and that the goal of OBD-II is to alert the driver to the presence of a malfunction of the emission control system. Present invention based upon measurements of engine roughness as derived from crankshaft angular velocity measurements with special signal processing method. Crankshaft angular velocity signals are processed by walsh-fourier transform. Experimental work confims that it's possible to apply walsh-fourier transform for the detection of multiple misfires in no-load idle and road testing.

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Automatic Automobile Control System with Multi-Sensor (다중센서를 이용한 무인자동차 제어시스템)

  • Han, Chang-Woo;Choi, Won-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.339-347
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    • 2001
  • Automatic automobile has been studied as the alternative energy system and the production flow automation device recently. But this is dependent on the import production, and its position cannot be controlled free from the fixed path. It is difficult to control the automobile position because of the eccentricity of inertia monent, slip and roughness between wheel and road surface. This problems is solved for the controller to be feedbacked the data of the multi-sensor system consisting of the rotary encoder and electronic compass. The proportional Integrated controller in the modified Ziegler-Nichols method is made up with Hitachi 7034 microprocessor. To the real time control the mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware and software device is produced by myself. The RF data of automobile speed and position is supplied to the remote PC to be displayed the automobile condition. By the experinent of the forward, spin, point path planning, it is known for autombile.

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The Change Rate of Vehicle Fuel Consumption for Road Roughness (도로 평탄성 변화에 따른 차량 연료소모량 변화율)

  • Ko, Kwang-Ho;Yoo, In-Kyoon;Lee, Soo-Hyung;Kim, Je-Won
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.02a
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    • pp.45.1-45.1
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    • 2010
  • 포장도로의 노화로 인해 도로 표면의 평탄성이 높아지면 차량 주행 시 연료소모량이 증가하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 소형/중형/대형의 3개 승용차량에 대해 3가지 평탄도의 도로에서 40~100km/h 의 정속주행 연료소모량을 측정하여 도로 평탄성의 변화에 따른 연료소모량의 변화율을 계산할 수 있었다. 시험결과, 평탄성 증가에 따라 연료소모량이 직선적으로 증가하였으며, 평탄성에 대한 l차 직선방정식으로 연료소모량을 표현할 수 있었다. 평탄성 1m/km 증가 시 연료소모량은 약 80mL/100km 정도의 비율로 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 추후 본 시험의 결과를 이용하여 도로 노화에 따른 연료소모량 증가의 정도를 추정하여 다양한 도로 복구 작업 등에 이용하여 도로에서 발생할 수 있는 사고 예방 등에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

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Maximum Entropy Spectral Analysis for Nonstationary Random Response of Vehicle (최대 엔트로피 스펙트럼 방법을 이용한 차량의 과도 응답 특성 해석)

  • Zhang, Li Jun;Lee, Chang-Myung;Wang, Yan Song
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.12 no.8
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    • pp.589-597
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    • 2002
  • In this paper the nonstationary response of accelerating vehicle is firstly obtained by using nonstationary road roughness model in time domain. To get the result of nonstationary response in frequency domain, the maximum entropy method is used for Processing nonstationary response of vehicle in frequency domain. The three-dimensional transient maximum entropy spectrum (MES) of response is given.

Computer simulation for dynamic wheel loads of heavy vehicles

  • Kawatani, Mitsuo;Kim, Chul-Woo
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.409-428
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    • 2001
  • The characteristics of dynamic wheel loads of heavy vehicles running on bridge and rigid surface are investigated by using three-dimensional analytical model. The simulated dynamic wheel loads of vehicles are compared with the experimental results carried out by Road-Vehicles Research Institute of Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) to verify the validity of the analytical model. Also another comparison of the analytical result with the experimental one for Umeda Entrance Bridge of Hanshin Expressway in Osaka, Japan, is presented in this study. The agreement between the analytical and experimental results is satisfactory and encouraging the use of the analytical model in practice. Parametric study shows that the dynamic increment factor (DIF) of the bridge and RMS values of dynamic wheel loads are fluctuated according to vehicle speeds and vehicle types as well as roadway roughness conditions. Moreover, there exist strong dominant frequency resemblance between bounce motion of vehicle and bridge response as well as those relations between RMS values of dynamic wheel loads and dynamic increment factor (DIF) of bridges.

Constructing the mode shapes of a bridge from a passing vehicle: a theoretical study

  • Yang, Y.B.;Li, Y.C.;Chang, K.C.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.797-819
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents a theoretical algorithm for constructing the mode shapes of a bridge from the dynamic responses of a test vehicle moving over the bridge. In comparison with those approaches that utilize a limited number of sensors deployed on the bridge, the present approach can offer much more spatial information, as well as higher resolution in mode shapes, since the test vehicle can receive the vibration characteristics of each point during its passage on the bridge. Basically only one or few sensors are required to be installed on the test vehicle. Factors that affect the accuracy of the present approach for constructing the bridge mode shapes are studied, including the vehicle speed, random traffic, and road surface roughness. Through numerical simulations, the present approach is verified to be feasible under the condition of constant and low vehicle speeds.

Damage assessment of a bridge based on mode shapes estimated by responses of passing vehicles

  • Oshima, Yoshinobu;Yamamoto, Kyosuke;Sugiura, Kunitomo
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.731-753
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    • 2014
  • In this study, an indirect approach is developed for assessing the state of a bridge on the basis of mode shapes estimated by the responses of passing vehicles. Two types of damages, i.e., immobilization of a support and decrease in beam stiffness at the center, are evaluated with varying degrees of road roughness and measurement noise. The assessment theory's feasibility is verified through numerical simulations of interactive vibration between a two-dimensional beam and passing vehicles modeled simply as sprung mass. It is determined that the damage state can be recognized by the estimated mode shapes when the beam incurs severe damage, such as immobilization of rotational support, and the responses contain no noise. However, the developed theory has low robustness against noise. Therefore, numerous measurements are needed for damage identification when the measurement is contaminated with noise.

Evaluation of Lubrication Characteristics of WMA Additives for Different Roughnesses of Aggregate Surfaces and Film Thicknesses of Binders at a Compaction Temperature (다짐온도에서 골재 거칠기와 아스팔트 피막두께에 따른 중온화 첨가제의 윤활특성 평가)

  • Lee, Sang Jae;Cho, Dong-Woo;Hwang, Sung-Do;Rhee, Suk Keun
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2013
  • PURPOSES : This study is to develop a method to evaluate lubrication of asphalt binder using WMA additives and compare their lubrication effects on two types of WMA additives and three types of asphalt film thicknesses. METHODS : This study is based on laboratory experiments and rheological analysis of the experimental results. Testing materials are aggregate diskes, asphalt, and WMA additives. The main testing method is stress sweep test by using dynamic shear rheometer (DSR). RESULTS : Sasobit gives more lubrication effects on film thicknesses 0.2mm and under but LEADCAP does on film thicknesses over 0.3mm. CONCLUSIONS : LVE-Limit is a better parameter to discern the lubrication effects on the thin film asphalt thickness. Both Sasobit and LEADCAP WMA additives provide effective lubrication at the compaction temperature.