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Development of Ideal Hump Geometric Characteristics for Different Vehicle Types “Case Study” Urban Roads in Kafr El-Sheikh City (Egypt)

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, 2018
In Egypt, speed humps are often thought as the best and cheapest tool to reduce vehicles speed and consequently decrease the number of potential accidents.
Sayed A. Shwaly   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamics of multi-kinks in the presence of wells and barriers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Sine-Gordon kinks are a much studied integrable system that possesses multi-soliton solutions. Recent studies on sine-Gordon kinks with space-dependent square-well-type potentials have revealed interesting dynamics of a single kink interacting with wells
Goatham, Stephen W.   +3 more
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Morphology investigation on direct current pulsed gas tungsten arc welded additive layer manufactured Ti6Al4V alloy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The effects of pulsed gas tungsten arc weldingparameters on the morphology of additive layer manufacturedTi6Al4V has been investigated in this study.
Rush, M. T.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Possible explanations for different surface quality in laser cutting with 1 micron and 10 microns beams [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In laser cutting of thick steel sheets, quality difference is observed between cut surfaces obtained with 1 micron and 10 micron laser beams. This paper investigates physical mechanisms for this interesting and important problem of the wavelength ...
Golubev V. S.   +10 more
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Humping Formation and Suppression in High-Speed Laser Welding

open access: yesMaterials, 2022
Increasing welding speed can promote the productivity of laser welding. However, humping defects often occur, which limits the application of this strategy. The existing explanations for the humping formation remain vague, and mitigation and suppression methods are limited.
Boce Xue   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The effectiveness of rumble strips installations in speed reduction along major highways in Ghana – The case of N1 highway

open access: yesScientific African, 2022
In response to increasing traffic crashes along highways in Africa, various interventions have been adopted with varied outcomes. Though the specific impacts of various interventions have not been measured, rumble strips appear to be the dominant choice ...
Daniel Atuah Obeng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Drivers Feel When Traversing Speed Humps under a Variety of Driving Conditions

open access: yesEngineering Proceedings, 2023
Speeding is known to be one of the main causes of traffic crashes. Therefore, various speed management techniques are applied to prevent accidents caused by speeding in many countries.
Hong-jun Cho, Ho-hyuk Na, Do-Gyeong Kim
doaj   +1 more source

Traffic Calming in Québec: Speed Humps and Speed Cushions

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2013
Speed management is an essential tool in ensuring the improved safety of users of urban roads, particularly vulnerable users. It relies on several measures: awareness campaigns, speed control, as well as the development and operation of the road infrastructure.
null Catherine Berthod   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

A review of using the force/torque sensor in robotics application [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Nowadays, force/torque sensors ubiquitous in the robotics field. Most of the robots on the assembly line use a force/torque sensor in a complex assembly process.
Abdul Manaf, Mohamad Shukri   +3 more
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The Effect of Road Hump in Reducing Speed of Motorcars in a Residential Area in Kuala Lumpur [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Design and the Built Environment, 2013
In its most simple terms, traffic calming is about preserving the functions of local streets. As local streets are intended to provide primarily land-access services, hence, when traffic begins to use local streets for through movements, traffic volume ...
Noor Alyani Yaacob   +1 more
doaj  

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