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Measuring and Assessing Road Profile by Employing Accelerometers and IRI Assessment Tools

Received: Mar. 26, 2018    Accepted: Apr. 10, 2018    Published: May 11, 2018
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Abstract

This paper presents experimental studies from the road profile measurements by employing accelerometers and international roughness index - IRI assessment tools and practical guidelines with respect to measured acceleration data processing in terms of digital filter design and conversion of vertical acceleration data into displacement data. In addition, it shows comparative analysis of measurements with accelerometers and Rod & Level (Leica TS 06 Plus), and gives some recommendations how to process measured data.

DOI 10.11648/j.ajtte.20180302.12
Published in American Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering ( Volume 3, Issue 2, March 2018 )
Page(s) 24-40
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Keywords

Road Profile, Digital Filter, Integration, Acceleration, Accelerometer, IRI

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  • Dynamics & Control Lab, Tashkent Institute of Automotive Road Design, Construction and Maintenance, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

  • Dynamics & Control Lab, Tashkent Institute of Automotive Road Design, Construction and Maintenance, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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