Impact of Road Conditions on Truck Performance

Many variables can affect the cycle times of forestry trucks. The researchers will evaluate the potential relationship between road conditions and truck performance in the form of an analysis of road roughness and truck speed data collected form the opti-grade system.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Contract Numbers:

  200412RT376E

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada

  580 St-Jean Boulevard
  Pointe-Claire, Quebec    H9R 3J9
• Performing Organizations:

  Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada

  580 St-Jean Boulevard
  Pointe-Claire, Quebec    H9R 3J9
• Principal Investigators:

  Mercier, S

  Brown, M

• Start Date: 20040000
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 10880

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Condition surveys; Data collection; Forest roads; Forestry; Performance; Research projects; Roads; Speed; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458633
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Contract Numbers: 200412RT376E
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 12:47PM