Vol 31 No 2 (2016): Impact of Vehicle Movement on Exploitation Parameters of Roads and Runways

Lead Guest Editor: Gianluca Dell’Acqua (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)

Guest Editor: Mario De Luca (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)

Guest Editor: Carlo Giacomo Prato (University of Queensland, Australia)

   

Published: 2016-06-28

Editorial

  • The impact of vehicle movement on exploitation parameters of roads and runways: a short review of the special issue

  • Original Article

  • Investigation of asphalt texture roughness on friction evolution for wheeled vehicles

  • Impact of usable coefficient of adhesion between tyre and road surface by modern vehicle on its dynamics while driving and braking in the curve

  • Laboratory investigation and efficiency of deicing materials used in road maintenance

  • Development of overweight permit fee using mechanistic-empirical pavement design and life-cycle cost analysis

  • Incorporating safety into targeted pavement friction data collection and maintenance procedures

  • Field measurements on runway friction decay related to rubber deposits

  • Estimation of rest periods for newly constructed/reconstructed pavements

  • Effect of road surface deformations on lateral lane utilization and longitudinal driving behaviours

  • The influence of pavement–vehicle interaction on highway fuel consumption by field measurement

  • Appraisal of Takagi–sugeno type neuro-fuzzy network system with a modified differential evolution method to predict nonlinear wheel dynamics caused by road irregularities

  • Evaluating the effects of road geometry, environment, and traffic volume on rollover crashes

  • A procedure for evaluating the influence of road context on drivers’ visual behaviour

  • Light vehicle model for dynamic car simulator

  • Sight distance analyses in road design process: Serbian practice

  • Operating speed as a key factor in studying the driver behaviour in a rural context

  • Roadside public survey approach in black spot identification on rural roads: case study

  • Setting speed limits in interurban single-carriageway highways using expert’s judgment

  • Microsimulation-based passenger car equivalents for heavy vehicles driving turbo-roundabouts