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Evaluation of road roughness based on multi-fractal theory

  • School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The paper investigates a novel evaluation method of road roughness to overcome the shortages of the current used road roughness indices which cannot fine depict the characteristics of the road locally. Multi-fractal theory is employed to systematically research into appraising the road profile, which provides obvious multi-fractal characteristics. But the results of road surface simulation in each grades based on Fourier inverse transformation show there is no unique relation between multi-fractal spectral width and road roughness in different grades. However, in logarithmic distribution diagram, the vertical axis of the road intercept which have the same multi-fractal spectral width was different. Experimental results proved the IRI and multi-fractal spectrum width values are complementary to describe the road roughness. We proposed to signify the road roughness by combining multi-fractal spectral width and the IRI as a supplement of current indices.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems
Subtitle of host publicationIntelligent Transportation Systems for All Modes, ITSC 2013
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages675-680
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781479929146
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems: Intelligent Transportation Systems for All Modes, ITSC 2013 - The Hague, Netherlands
Duration: 6 Oct 20139 Oct 2013

Publication series

NameIEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC
ISSN (Print)2153-0009
ISSN (Electronic)2153-0017

Conference

Conference16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems: Intelligent Transportation Systems for All Modes, ITSC 2013
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityThe Hague
Period6/10/139/10/13

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