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