Abstract: It is generally agreed that the friction between a tire and a wet pavement (skid resistance) is controlled by the surface texture characteristics. Therefore, by measuring the relevant parameters ...

Abstract: An analog simulation of stress wave propagation in hollow circular cylinders with, and without, end caps for the purpose of determining safe impact velocity. The results were checked with ...

Abstract: Sheaves and pulleys of various shapes and sizes are frequently employed in the mechanical transmission of power. The conventional design of sheaves is based on either empirical formulae or very ...

Abstract: Objective comfort evaluation using the method of absorbed power requires the interface acceleration between the vehicle seat and the passenger. This acceleration can be obtained experimentally, ...

Abstract: The initial portion of the paper discusses the more conventional method of obtaining a vehicle transfer function where phase and magnitude are determined by dividing the cross spectral density ...