| dc.creator |
Mushule, Nurdin K. |
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| dc.date |
2016-09-07T13:24:20Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-09-07T13:24:20Z |
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| dc.date |
2005 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2018-03-27T08:39:13Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2018-03-27T08:39:13Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Mushule, N.K.M., 2005. Sustainability of road roughness measurements in countries with low income economies. Botswana Journal of Technology, 14(2), pp.14-20. |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3657 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3657 |
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| dc.description |
Full text can be accessed at
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/bjt/article/view/15397 |
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| dc.description |
A research project was carried out to establish a sustainable procedure for road roughness measurement applicable in developing countries. Out of many devices in use today, a vehicle mounted bump integrator (VMBI) was selected for the reasons that: a) the equipment is available in most developing countries and it has been in use for sometime; b) the rate and accuracy of measurement is adequate; and c) it is easy to use. However, it was found that it is very difficult, time consuming and hence not sustainable to use a bump integrator for very rough unpaved roads. Consequently, a procedure which relates travel tim e (at comfortable travel speed) and road surface roughness was established. The results show that, if this procedure is properly followed, the roughness obtained are in a very close agreement with those obtained from using the bump integrator. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Botswana Polytechnic |
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| dc.subject |
Sustainability |
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| dc.subject |
Road roughness |
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| dc.subject |
Developing countries |
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| dc.subject |
Bump integrator |
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| dc.subject |
Ride quality |
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| dc.title |
Sustainability of Road Roughness Measurements in Countries with Low Income Economies |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article, Peer Reviewed |
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