Abstract: A method is developed to estimate the mean texture depth (MTD) value, which to some extent represents pavement quality, using measurements from a microphone mounted underneath a moving vehicle. Such measurements will include ...

Abstract: A road is considered safe when it provides adequate friction between the tire and pavement surface interaction to avoid accidents. The current manual methods of evaluating surface friction of roads are not only dangerous ...

Abstract: This paper presents a method to simultaneously predict the elastic modulus, axial load, and boundary conditions of a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) beam from a minimum of two measured natural frequencies. The proposed ...