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Department of Mechanical Engineering

The development of a road profile measuring device with reference to endurance testing of motor vehicles

Abstract

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This project describes the development of a device to measure the profile of a road. The data describing the roads characteristics are used to compare the qualities of the test tracks at present used by Volkswagen SA (Pty) Ltd for endurance testing of their products, and the Synthetic Road used on their new hydraulic road simulator.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher.institution
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Year dc:date.issued
1990

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Koehler, J F
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Bennett, Kevin

Rights

Language dc:language.iso
eng

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8379
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8379

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Koehler, J F. The development of a road profile measuring device with reference to endurance testing of motor vehicles. Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8379