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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Infrastructure Engineering"”.
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PROMOTING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY DEPLOYMENT AND DIFFUSION FOR SUSTAINABLE CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE USING MULTI-AGENT BASED MODELING AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS
… and benefits of DSG in the electric power infrastructure as a complex System-of-Systems (SoS). Specifically, this dissertation addresses the following five objectives: (1) investigating the relationship between the electric power sector and socio-economic parameters; (2) developing a …
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Traveller information in support of the mobility of older people and people with disabilities. User and provider perspectives.
Traveller information designed to fulfil needs and expectations of individual travellers is a key factor in improving access for older people and people with disabilities to public transport. The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to the knowledge of user and provider perspectives on the …
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Preference Construction and Decision-Making for Green Infrastructure: How Do Behavioral Interventions Influence Choice and Neurocognition?
… solutions", such as green stormwater infrastructure, take advantage of natural systems to tackle the increasing challenges facing the built environment. Green infrastructure is effective in reducing stormwater runoff for urban stormwater management using connected green space. Green …
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Improving roundabouts for cyclists and visually impaired
Roundabouts are continuing to increase due to their high traffic safety, low delay times and their winning design. However, there are also problems related to roundabouts; the traffic safety for cyclists is unclear or even negative and there are reports of accessibility problems for people with …
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Förarstöd för lägre bränsleförbrukning och minskade emissioner. Utvärdering av två system.
Det krävs åtgärder på flera nivåer för att minska utsläppsnivåerna från vägtrafiken. I denna uppsats studeras möjligheten att använda förarstöd för att minska den totala bränsleförbrukningen och emissionerna. Detta är gjort med en litteraturstudie som beskriver vad som påverkar bränsleförbrukningen …
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Prediction of permanent deformations in asphalt concrete using the mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide
Permanent deformations, or rutting, are internationally considered to be one of the most serious distress mechanisms in asphalt pavements. Deterioration modeling is an important tool for performance prediction and diagnostics of pavements. The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (M-E PDG) …
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Mechanistic-Empirical Modeling of Permanent Deformation in Asphalt Concrete Layers
Three mechanistic-empirical permanent deformation models were evaluated under Swedish conditions with respect to traffic, climate and materials using accelerated pavement testing and long-term pavement performance studies. The mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide (M E PDG), the …
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Factors Associated with Motorcylists' Safety at Access Points along Primary Roads in Malaysia
… narrow down the focus to the most salient road infrastructure related risk factors. After identifying access points on primary roads as hazardous sites, observations of road user behavior at these sites have been carried out in order to establish behavioral and design factors associated with a …
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Walking in old age: A year-round perspective on accessibility in the outdoor environment and effects of measures taken
Accessibility throughout society has been gaining interest on both international and national levels in order to meet the transportation needs of, for example, older people as pedestrians. The overall aim of this thesis is to examine the implementation process in municipal planning, and effects of …
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Driver Experience and Acceptance of Driver Support Systems - A Case of Speed Adaptation
Substantial research and development efforts are being made to add driver support systems to the arsenal of traffic safety measures. Obviously, the system cannot reduce fatalities and trauma until it is actually used. Hence, drivers’ experiences and acceptance of the system are of paramount …
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Mobility in Public Environments and Use of Public Transport : exploring the situation for people with acquired cognitive functional limitations
The aim of this thesis was to explore and gain deeper insight into and understanding of mobility in public environments for people with acquired cognitive functional limitations (target group of this thesis) and of reasons why some of them do not use public transport. Using an explorative approach, …
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Passenger assessments of quality in local public transport- measurement, variability and planning implications
The aim of this work was to get a more detailed basis for planning of local public transport. With more knowledge of how segments of travellers assess different parts of a journey, bus routes can be planned to fit either all passengers or selected groups better. It will also be possible to evaluate …
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In-vehicle speed adaptation - On the effectiveness of a voluntary system
The overarching aim of this thesis is to study the long term effects of a voluntary speed adaptation system, the Active Accelerator Pedal (AAP), and its effectiveness for different driver types. The papers making up this thesis are based on a study carried out on 284 vehicles and drivers in the …
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Modelling and evaluation of the effects of traffic safety measures Comparative analysis of driving assistance systems and road infrastructure
… this. The thesis focuses on two categories: road infrastructure and driv-ing assistance systems. A relevant policy question is if certain driving assistance systems may be de-sirable substitutes for infrastructure measures, in terms of traffic safety effects and other relevant as-pects. The …
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Utvärdering av cykelfälts effekter på cyklisters säkerhet och cykelns konkurrenskraft mot bil
This work presents an evaluation of bicycle lane effects on cyclist safety and the ability of bicycles to compete with car traffic. Thirteen Swedish urban streets were studied before and after bicycle lanes were introduced. Data was collected using video recordings, speed studies, road side …
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Predictive models for accidents on urban links - A focus on vulnerable road users
Much of earlier work on predictive models for accidents has been focused on rural traffic or urban intersections. This work has aimed at identifying and investigating possible improvements to predictive models for accidents on urban links. A special focus has been on the accidents of vulnerable …
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Consequences of Traffic Casualties in Relation to Traffic-Engineering Factors - An Analysis in Short-term and Long-term Perspectives
… to explain the influence of different traffic engineering factors on these consequences for society and individuals over time. A more detailed objective was to examine whether available short-term indicators can be used to predict consequences in a long-term perspective. Other objectives were …
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Geospatial Assessment of Port Infrastructure and Computational Modeling of Coastal Disasters
… coastal disasters posed to people and critical infrastructure for port cities. The primary objective is to use remote sensing data and geospatial analysis to simulate coastal disasters for mapping risks to communities and infrastructure assets. The research included computer simulations of 2 m …