RIDE COMFORT AND ROAD SURFACE ROUGHNESS

In recent years roads have become more even, especially in the short wave range. The vibration behavior of vehicles for the long wave range has to be improved. Inter alia, this could be achieved by lower natural body frequencies and by optimizing the vibration damper. The nuisance factor in the short wave range nowadays is engine vibrations caused by road surface unevennesses, the so-called engine-shake.

• Corporate Authors:

  Motor Industry Research Association

  Watling Street
  Nuneaton CV10 0TU, Warwickshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • Mitschke, M
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dampers; Damping (Physics); Engine performance; Natural frequency; Pavements; Roughness; Smoothness; Stochastic processes; Surface course (Pavements); Vehicle performance; Vibration
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement smoothness
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496977
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MIRA-1990/12
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM