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原文传递 Commercial Vehicle Tire Condition Sensors. Final rept.

题名：	Commercial Vehicle Tire Condition Sensors. Final rept.
作者：	Kreeb-R.M.; Nicosia-B.T.; Fisher-P.G.
关键词：	Commercial-vehicles; Sensors-; Tires-; Cost-benefit-analysis.;Tire-inflation-pressure; Highway-safety; Monitoring-; Economic-analysis; Operating-costs; Cost-reduction.
摘要：	This project is one of several performed under the provisions of Section 5117 of the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21). This project focused on developing and documenting the impacts of tire inflation maintenance practices on commercial vehicle operating costs and safety, and providing a quantitative estimate of potential benefits of tire pressure monitoring sensors and automatic inflation systems. The work performed under the project included: Documenting and quantitatively characterizing the condition (pressure) of tires currently being used on a wide cross section of commercial vehicles operating in the United States, including an examination of tractor, trailer, and motor coach applications; Estimating the economic impact of improper tire pressure on fuel economy, tire maintenance, and replacement costs; Estimating the impact of improper tire pressure on commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety and handling; Describing and discussing available and emerging devices and sensor technologies to address the problem of improper tire inflation; and Calculating the value of technologies designed to improve tire inflation maintenance based on alternative assumptions regarding implementation and usage. The results from this project can be used by motor carriers in evaluating their tire inflation maintenance practices and policies and to determine if technologies and sensors designed to improve tire pressure maintenance provide an appropriate cost-benefit and safety improvement in their operations. This is the final report of the study performed under Task Order 5 of a multi-task research contract. It does not supersede an earlier report on the subject.
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