Laplace Distribution Models for Road Topography and Roughness

Gaussian models are frequently used for road elevations. However, these models are often only valid for short sections of the road. Here the authors present a comprehensive approach to describe various aspects of road surface/elevation by using extensions of Gaussian models arising from random gamma distributed variances. These random variances result in the Laplace distribution and thus the authors refer to the so defined models as Laplace models. The approach is shown to perform well in modelling road topography, road roughness and multi-valued responses of forces and bending moments containing transients. The different Laplace models are presented together with numerical examples and Matlab code for simulation.

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  • Accession Number: 01647233
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Sep 27 2017 10:20AM