Proceedings of the International Conference on Heavy Vehicles, HVTT10

Bernard Jacob, Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat, France.Paul Nordengen, CSIR Built Environment, South Africa.Alan O'Connor, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.Mohamed Bouteldja, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees, France.

• Foreword 1 – P. COURTIER 1Avant-Propos 1 – P. COURTIER 3Foreword 2 – J. ROUDIER 5Avant-Propos 2 – J. ROUDIER 7Preface (in English) – B. JACOB 9Préface (en français) – B. JACOB 12International Forum for Road Transport Technology 15International Society for Weigh-in-Motion 17Panel Discussion 19Plenary Session 21The EU’s rules on weights and dimensions and the realities of sustainable mobility – J. BERRY 23A history of freight transport prior to the modern truck – M. LAY 35Intelligent freight – J.-F. JANIN 49Measures promoting intermodal transport as an alternative to pure road transportH. SILBORN 57Session 1. Performance Based Standards 71An initiative to introduce a performance-based standards (pbs) approach for heavy vehicule design and operations in South Africa – P. NORDENGEN, H. PREM, and L. MAI 73A discussion of the high-speed offtracking perfromance standardJ. BILLING and J. PATTEN 85Development of an innovative steerable double extendable trailer under performance based standard (pbs) – M. JOHNSTON and L. BRUZSA 97Session 2. European Modular Concept 109Working group on longer and heavier goods vehicles: A multidisciplinary approach to the issue – W. DEBAUCHE 111Experiences with longer and heavier vehicles in the NetherlandsL. AARTS and G. FEDDES 123Driving dynamics and stability issues of the European road train conceptsG. BÓZSVÁRI, T. FÜLEP and L. PALKOVICS 137Session 3. Vehicle Road Interaction 145Pavement building costs allocation to HGV comparison betwwen the French case and the eurovignette directive recommendations – G. DURAND, P. COUSIN and H. GUIRAUD 147A brief review of tyre-pavement interaction and an insight on new regulation on tyre rolling resistance in Europe – C. PENANT 159Effect of axle configurations on fatigue and faulting of concrete pavementsK. CHATTI, A. MANIK, and N. BRAKE 171The danger of ramps for heavy goods vehicles – V. CEREZO, M. GOTHIÉ and G. DUPRÉ 185A new vehicle-pavement interaction test facility at BASt – K.-P. GLAESER 195Steady state flow algorithm for modeling the impact of trucks on roadS. MAÏOLINO, H. MAÏTOURNAM and V. CEREZO 203How can the binder properties influence the road surface durability?  An advanced method based on the bearing ration curve – M. ECH, S. YOTTE, D. BREYSSE and B. POUTEAU 211Session 4. Safety 223Rollover crash analysis of a road tanker with self-steer axles – H. PREM, L. MAI,G. GORHAM, D. HUTCHINSON and J. LONG 225Oversize/overweight commercial vehicle safety – D. TURNER, L.A. NICHOLSON and K. AGENT 243Heavy vehicle driver involvment in road safety and multiple vehicle accidents in Bangladesh – T. ANJUMAN, C. KAWSAR AREFIN SIDDIQUI, S. HASANAT-E-RABBI and MD. MAZHARUL HOQUE 257Crash compatibility between heavy goods vehicles and passenger cars: structural interaction analysis and in-depth accident analysis – A. KRUSPER and R. THOMSON 269Improvement of safety barriers on German bridges - results of impact test with heavy lorries – J. KUEBLER 281Rollover risk prevention of heavy vehicles by reliability-based analysis Y. SELLAMI, H. IMINE, B. JACOB, F. BERNARDIN and J. C. CADIOU 293Analysis of heavy truck accidents with regard to yaw and roll instability – using LTCSS database – S. KHARRAZI and R. THOMSON 305Relationship between road infrastructure characterisitcs and HGV accidentsM. GOTHIÉ, V. CEREZO and F. CONCHE 319Session 5. Routing 333Heavyroute – intelligent route guidance for heavy vehiclesA. IHS, D. OMASITS and G. LINDBERG 335Australia’s intelligent access program – J. BARING and C. KONIDITSIOTIS 349Methodology and effects of heavy goods vehicle transport management in urban areas – E. TANIGUCHI and Y. IMANISHI 359A generic software architecture for a driver information system to organize and operate truck platoons – A. FRIEDRICHS, P. MEISEN and K. HENNING 375A data-mining technique for the planning and organization of truck platoonsP. MEISEN, T. SEIDL and K. HENNING 389HGV guidance, road data and applications – L. SJÖGREN and M. ÖGREN 403Session 6. Vehicle Performance 411A new steerable wheel system for road transport applicationsH. PREM, L. MAI and G. DAVEY 413Design concept for an alternative heavy vehicle slip control brake actuatorJ. MILLER, F. KIENHOFER and D. CEBON 429Compatibility of long and heavy cargo vehicles with the geometric design standards of Brazilian rural roads and highways – W. PEREIRA NETO and J. WIDMER 443The effect of wind on heavy vehicles – J. BILLING 455Tyre scuffing forces from multi-axle groups – J. DE PONT and N. TARAMOEROA 467Implementation of active rear steering of a tractor – semi-trailerB. JUJNOVICH, R. ROEBUCK, A. ODHAMS and D. CEBON 479Improved brakes on heavy commercial vehicles – M. JOHANSSON 493Session 7. Road Transport Policies and Operation 503Vehicle infrastructure integration (VII) for heavy trucks: a new perspective of truck research – P. SWEATMAN 505Heavy goods vehicle overtaking bans some information to assist decision-making – M. BERENI 517Correctly loaded heavy commercial vehicles – M. JOHANSSON 531Transportation of raw forest products in northern Ontario by trucksJ. HAJEK, D. HEIN and D. SWAN 541Optimising log truck configurations – J. DE PONT 553A proposal of an international vehicle designation structure for cargo combination vehicles – J. WIDMER 567Index of authors 581