The objective of this traffic safety investigation was to find critical road sections using Postand Preaccident analysis approaches. The Post-accident approach analyzes the effect of road geometric characteristics on accident rate. The study was based on accident and road maintenance data in Western Sweden. A total of 2912 accidents from 2000 to 2005 on 1615 km median-separated roads was collec...

We explore how the dynamic and vivid context of road travel, i.e. the highway experience, can be used to provide drama and challenge to pervasive games. The aim has been to gain insights into this novel application area and to understand the potential and implications for design. The thesis embraces a design-oriented research approach, where knowledge has been gained through the process of desi...

the contact between major settlements in the central plateau of iran, especially in desert areas, was not possible without having a secure communication system. in this regard, designing communication networks through constructing secure roads with halfway caravansarais in desert areas, usually without secure underground and surface water supply, needed special insights and provisions. iranians...

abstract the contact between major settlements in the central plateau of iran, especially in desert areas, was not possible without having a secure communication system. in this regard, designing communication networks through constructing secure roads with halfway caravansarais in desert areas, usually without secure underground and surface water supply, needed special insights and provisions....

Moving car on rough road suddenly gets out of its way for some reason and moves to the edge of the road at the same speed. Since the most important factor in car overturning is vertical acceleration in the wheels and car speed and road conditions determine the vertical instantaneous acceleration, brake system according to change of the spring length is designed in such a way that by monitoring ...

This study intends to provide insight into pedestrian accidents by uncovering their patterns in order to design preventive measures and to allocate resources for identified problems. Kohonen neural networks are applied to a database of pedestrian fatal accidents occurred during the four-year period between 2003 and 2006. Results show the existence of five pedestrian accident patterns: (i) elder...

The goal of studying the vehicle suspension systems is to reduce the vehicle vibrations which are due to the irregularities of road levels and the fluctuations in the vehicle velocity. These vibrations are transferred to the body and occupants of vehicles through the suspension system. In general, the main function of an active suspension system is to support the vehicle body by reducing the in...