Bus Ride Index – a refined approach to evaluating road surface irregularities

• Main Authors: Nguyen, Teron, Lechner, Bernhard, Wong, Yiik Diew, Tan, Jun Yew
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering::Transportation; Ride Comfort; Road Longitudinal Profile
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151549
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The road surface quality can be assessed with ride comfort indices because of their strong correlation. Many studies on ride comfort have focused on cars and trucks, but their results are not applicable to buses, which are characterised by inherently different vehicle dynamics. In this study, a quar...