Challenges confronting road freight transport and the use of vehicle-pavement interaction analysis in addressing these challenges

Traditional arguments for maintaining riding quality of pavement are expanded in this paper to examine the effects of deteriorating riding quality on vehicle operating costs, freight damage and logistics. The objectives of this paper are to analyse the effects of different levels of riding quality o...

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Main Authors: W J vd M Steyn, C L Monismith, W A Nokes, J T Harvey, T J Holland, N Burmas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South African Institution of Civil Engineering 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1021-20192012000100002