A fatigue failure formula and a new measure of the roughness of a terrain profile

There have been complaints that the root mean square (RMS) does not describe the roughness of terrain profiles well. Similar complaints can be made about the international roughness index (IRI) as a measurement of roughness of terrain profiles. In this paper, by using the rainflow count of the oscillations of the terrain profiles, the authors shall first propose a fatigue failure formula and then they shall modify it to define a new measure of roughness of terrain profiles. The authors shall show that this new measure can describe the roughness better than the RMS and the IRI and hence, can be used, either independently or in conjunction with RMS and IRI, as a new measure of roughness of terrain profiles.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1504/IJVD.2014.058490
• Record URL:
  • http://inderscience.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=12P0X740N6N6U614
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/14775360
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Sun, T C
  • Gorsich, D
  • Chaika, M
  • Wei, Jinfeng
  • Qiu, Shi
  • Alyass, K
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 121-136
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicle Design
  • Volume: 64
  • Issue Number: 2-4
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-5360
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Failure; Mathematical models; Measurement; Roughness; Terrain
• Uncontrolled Terms: Terrain profile
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01505140
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 27 2014 10:45AM