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Remote Sensing, 2018 Road infrastructure is important to the well-being and economic health of all nations. The performance of road pavement infrastructure is sophisticated and affected by numerous factors and varies greatly across different roads.
Yongze Song +7 more
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Research on carbon dioxide emission factor characteristics of multi-type heavy-duty vehicles [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesCO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles are an important source of greenhouse gases in the transportation sector. However, there is a lack of in-depth research on the characteristics of CO2 emission factors of multiple types of heavy-duty vehicles.
Yang Daoyuan +9 more
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The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2019 The load capacity of goods vehicles is a critical variable in calculating transport costs. In Europe, the Council Directive 96/53/EC establishes the maximum weight and dimensions of goods vehicles in international traffic but also allows that any Member ...
Adriana Martínez, Magín Campos
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EVALUATION OF APPLIED ROAD TRAFFIC RESTRAINT (CASE STUDY: TEHRAN-QOM ROAD) [PDF]
پژوهشهای زیرساختهای عمرانی, 2014 Nowadays, with the increasing growth of vehicles and increasing of trips and also financial constraints and roads development, transportation network managers eager to follow transportation demand management.
Seyed Mohammad Hosein Dehnad +2 more
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Microsimulation-based passenger car equivalents for heavy vehicles driving turbo-roundabouts
Transport, 2016 Due to its geometric design, turbo-roundabouts impose greatest constraints to the vehicular trajectories; by consequence, one can expect a more unfavourable impact of heavy vehicles on the traffic conditions than on other types of roundabouts.
Orazio Giuffrè +3 more
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Cooperative look-ahead control for fuel-efficient and safe heavy-duty vehicle platooning [PDF]
, 2015 The operation of groups of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) at a small inter-vehicular distance (known as platoon) allows to lower the overall aerodynamic drag and, therefore, to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Besselink, Bart +2 more
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Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2009 The aim of the study was to assess the influence of truck traffic on acoustic pollution in two Kaunas districts crossed by highways‐ Eiguliai and Šilainiai.
Regina Gražulevičienė +1 more
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Investigating the Relation between Drivers Working and Resting Hours with the Occurrence of Road Accidents (Case Study: Heavy Vehicle Drivers) [PDF]
Muhandisī-i bihdāsht-i ḥirfah/ī, 2022 Background and Objective: Excessive working hours, insufficient rest, and irregular driver schedules are factors that could cause drowsiness in professional drivers; consequently, reducing the driver's ability and increasing the chance of road accidents.
Rajabali Hokmabadi +2 more
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Descriptive epidemiology of road traffic mortality caused by heavy vehicles in Iran in 2018
Archives of Trauma Research, 2021 Background: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) have become an important public health problem and the mortality rate due to RTAs in Iran is significantly higher than the international standards. There is no accurate information about the mortality rate caused
Saeideh Shojaei +4 more
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On-Board Sensor-Based NO x Emissions from Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles [PDF]
, 2019 Real-world nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions were estimated using on-board sensor readings from 72 heavy-duty diesel vehicles (HDDVs) equipped with a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system in California.
Boriboonsomsin, Kanok +9 more
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