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Analysis of Factors Influencing the Prices of Tourist Offers
PublicationTourism is a significant branch of many world economies. Many factors influence the volume of tourist traffic and the prices of trips. There are factors that clearly affect tourism, such as COVID-19. The paper describes the methods of machine learning and process mining that allow for assessing the impact of various factors (micro, mezzo and macro) on the prices of tourist offers. The methods were used on large sets of real data...
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State of Development of Intelligent Transport Systems Services on National Roads in Poland
PublicationIn recent years we can see intensifying implementation of Intelligent Transport System (ITS) measures in Polish cities and on national roads. The architecture of the National Traffic Management System (KSZR) will enable the implementation of a uniform, integrated and intelligent ICT system to launch ITS systems that are the most important for drivers and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA). This paper...
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Road safety inspection as a tool for road safety management – the polish experience
PublicationIn Poland, road inspections were implemented in June 2014 on all national roads. Previously conducted traffic surveys mainly related to the technical condition of roads, signs and markings; other safety issues were overlooked. The main problem that occurs during inspection is an inspector’s subjective qualitative assessment which affects the classification of the sources of hazard on the road.. The paper presents an analysis of...
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Methodology for assessing the lighting of pedestrian crossings based on light intensity parameters
PublicationOne of the possible preventive measures that could improve safety at crossings is to assess the state of illumination of the lighting installation located in the transition area for pedestrians. The City of Warsaw has undertaken to comprehensively assess the pedestrian crossings to determine the level of road safety and the condition of lighting. The lighting conditions related to pedestrian crossings without traffic lights in...
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Safety Assessment of Tram Stops
PublicationThe safety of public transport stops is the subject of numerous studies in large agglomerations around the world. This is due to the fact that it is a passenger exchange zone where collisions and accidents involving people getting on or off public transport vehicles most often occur. For this reason, the purpose of the article is to present the results of the safety assessment of the stop zones for two selected tram lines in Wroclaw....
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Modeling of Accidental Bunker Oil Spills as a Result of Ship's Bunker Tanks Rupture - a Case Study
PublicationAIS (Automatic Identification System) data analysis is used to define ship domain for grounding scenarios. The domain has been divided into two areas as inner and outer domains. Inner domain has clear border, which is based on ship dynamic characteristics. Violation of inner domain makes the grounding accident unavoidable. Outer domain area is defined with AIS data analyzing. Outer domain shows the situation of own ship in compare...
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Warstwowa ocena epidemiologiczna architektury zakładów opiekuńczo-leczniczych i zakładów gieriatycznych = Layer based epidemiological quality assessment of architecture of care security and geriatric wards
PublicationW artykule opisano możliwość wykorzystania autorskiej metody warstwowej oceny epidemiologicznej (WOE) do oceny potencjalnego ryzyka zakażeń w obiektach przeznaczonych dla osób starszych. Materiał i metody: W celu weryfikacji możliwości użycia metody WOE do oceny zagrożeń w zakresie bezpieczeństwa epidemiologicznego środowiska zbudowanego poddano analizie dostępne źródła literatury związane z obowiązującymi w Polsce wymaganiami...
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Strzegom 2019 - video data - pedestrian, bicycles, vehicles
Open Research DataStrzegom 2019 - video data - pedestrian, bicycles, vehicles
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Człuchów 2019 - video data - pedestrian, bicycles, vehicles
Open Research DataCzłuchów 2019 - video data - pedestrian, bicycles, vehicles
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DW221 Kościerzyna 2020 - video data - pedestrian, bicycles, vehicles
Open Research DataKościerzyna 2020 - video data - pedestrian, bicycles, vehicles
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Anti-theft lab security system based on RFID
PublicationThe aim of the project is to design and create an electronic system, which can be used to protect laboratory equipment against theft. The main task of the system is to warn a person responsible for the facilities about any attempts made to steal equipment from a laboratory. In a case of an alarm situation, the system emits a sound signal. The concept of the anti-theft security system based on RFID was developed on the basis of...
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Efekty egoistycznych ataków na poziomie mac w sieciach ad hoc o topologii wieloskokowej
PublicationStacje sieci ad hoc mogą manipulować parametrami dostępu do medium transmisyjnego dla osiągnięcia nienależnie wysokiej jakości usług. Dla środowiska sieci ad hoc o topologii wieloskokowej rozważane są ataki na mechanizmy odłożenia transmisji i klasyfikacji ruchu, przeprowadzane zarówno w stosunku do przepływów źródłowych jak i tranzytowych. Wyniki pozwalają wstępnie ocenić efekty takich ataków oraz skuteczność mechanizmów obronnych.
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Classification of Covid-19 using Differential Evolution Chaotic Whale Optimization based Convolutional Neural Network
PublicationCOVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus disease-2019, is an transferrable disease that spreads rapidly, affecting countless individuals and leading to fatalities in this worldwide pandemic. The precise and swift detection of COVID-19 plays a crucial role in managing the pandemic's dissemination. Additionally, it is necessary to recognize COVID-19 quickly and accurately by investigating chest x-ray images. This paper proposed a...
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A modern solid waste management strategy – the generation of new by-products
PublicationTo benefit the environment and society, EU legislation has introduced a ‘zero waste’ strategy, in which waste material should be converted to resources. Such legislation is supported by the solid waste hierarchy concept, which is a set of priorities in waste management. Under this concept, municipal solid waste plants (MSWPs) should be equipped with sorting and recycling facilities, composting/incineration units and landfill prisms...
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Badania charakterystyki obciążeń oddziałujących na modułowe urządzenie dylatacyjne w pasie ruchu ciężkiego autostrady A8
PublicationPrzedstawiono badania urządzenia dylatacyjnego typu nożycowego. Dokonano statycznych i dynamicznych pomiarów odkształceń oraz przemieszczeń konstrukcji nożyc na najbardziej obciążonym pasie autostrady A8. Określono wpływ oddziaływania dynamicznego oraz sporządzono histogramy obciążeń i współczynników przewyższenia dynamicznego na podstawie pomiarów ciągłych w okresie nasilonego ruchu. Wskazano przyczyny degradacji urządzenia. Odniesiono...
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Reduction of Tire Rolling Resistance by Optimization of Road Surfaces and Tires
PublicationDuring interaction between tire and road surface three very important phenomena are always in effect. One of them (very desirable) is friction that is important for traction, braking and cornering. Two other phenomena are not desirable at all, that is rolling resistance and noise. This paper discusses relations between road surface and tire parameters versus tire rolling resistance. Road surface texture, porosity, impedance, strength...
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Message Inter-Arrival and Inter-Departure Time Distributions in IMS/NGN Architecture
PublicationCurrently is it assumed that requirements of the information society for delivering multimedia services will be satisfied by the Next Generation Network (NGN) architecture, which includes elements of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution. In order to guarantee Quality of Service (QoS), NGN has to be appropriately designed and dimensioned. Therefore, proper traffic models should be proposed and applied. This requires determination...
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Simulation Environment in Python for Ship Encounter Situations
PublicationTo assess the risk of collision in radar navigation distance-based safety measures such as Distance at the Closest Point of Approach and Time to the Closest Point of Approach are most commonly used. Also Bow Crossing Range and Bow Crossing Time measures are good complement to the picture of the meeting situation. When ship safety domain is considered then Degree of Domain Violation and Time to Domain Violation can be applied. This...
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QoS Extensions for Flow-Awareness Networks
PublicationThe paper contains a description and research results of the proposal for distributed QoS extensions for Flow-Based Networking. These QoS extensions let the network accept or reject flows based on current network load and QoS promises for each of the flows. Proposed solution consists of two distributed components, each of them performing in every node, measurement system and access control. The solution could be applied in any...
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A 95-Year-Old Concrete Arch Bridge: From Materials Characterization to Structural Analysis
PublicationThe structural analysis of a 95-year-old concrete arch bridge located in Jagodnik (Poland) is performed in this paper, in order to check its behavior under today’s traffic loads. The mechanical properties of both the concrete and the reinforcement are investigated by testing cores and bar stubs extracted from the bridge. Structural analysis confirms that the bridge meets today’s load requirements in terms of bearing capacity, serviceability...
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Establishment of the Right of Electricity Transmission Easement Through Court Proceedings
PublicationIncluding the amendment of the Civil Code Act on May 30, 2008, issues related to the right of easement of transmission were introduced to it. Such a regulation was necessary in view of the need to define the legal status of transmission facilities, existing and designed on real estate property. The purpose of the study is to analyze issues related to the definition of the spatial extent of the law of transmission easement for power...
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Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Bracket Strengthening
PublicationThe aim of the research is laboratory investigation of aluminium brackets employed to fasten lightweight curtain walls to building facilities. Tensile loads perpendicular to end plates (vertical) were applied here. The author focused on the solutions intended to increase the load-carrying capacity of aluminium brackets applying the plain washer form A (DIN 125; ISO 7089), plain washer with an outer diameter about 3d (DIN 9021;...
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Kowale 2017 - video data - pedestrian, bicycles, vehicles
Open Research DataKowale 2017 - video data - pedestrian, bicycles, vehicles
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The Use of Photographs in the Teaching/Learning of Descriptive Geometry
PublicationThe article presents the concept of enriching the Descriptive Geometry course with photographs and several simplified real-life engineering tasks. The photographic images used for the exercises are tightly linked to engineering structures, the given specialization and the surrounding world. The photo image as a record of central projection of a real space can be useful for presentation and analysis of the properties of perspective....
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Integration of heterogeneous web services in exceptional situations
PublicationWeb services are intended to enable interoperability between heterogeneous distributed systems. Although the technology has been widely adopted and accepted, there are still differences between runtime platforms in exception structure and handling. This results in difficulties in effective handling of exceptions during Web services invocation. The paper presents a solution that enables coordinated exception handling between different...
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Automatic Correction of Non-Anechoic Antenna Measurements using Low-Pass Filters
PublicationPrototype measurements belong to key steps in the development of antenna structures. They are normally performed in expensive facilities, such as anechoic chambers (ACs). Alternatively, antenna performance can be extracted (at a low cost) in non-anechoic conditions upon appropriate post-processing. Unfortunately, existing correction algorithms are difficult to set up and prone to failure, which limits their practical usefulness....
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Adaptive Wavelet-Based Correction of Non-Anechoic Antenna Measurements
PublicationNon-anechoic measurements represent an affordable alternative to evaluation of antenna performance in expensive, dedicated facilities. Due to interferences and noise from external sources of EM radiation, far-field results obtained in non-ideal conditions require additional post-processing. Conventional correction algorithms rely on manual tuning of parameters, which make them unsuitable for reliable testing of prototypes. In this...
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Ionosphere variability I: Advances in observational, monitoring and detection capabilities
PublicationThe paper aims to review recent advances regarding the observational and monitoring capabilities of the ionization conditions in the Earth's upper atmosphere. The analysis spans both ground and space-based experiments, seeking for new installations and/or missions, new or upgraded instrumentation and/or observational network establishments as means for advancing current understanding and prediction ability of the ionosphere variability....
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An innovative method of measuring the extension of the piston rod in hydraulic cylinders, especially large ones used in the shipbuilding and offshore industry
PublicationThe article presents the results of selected works related to the wider subject of research conducted at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Shipbuilding at the Gdańsk University of Technology, regarding designing various on board devices with hydraulic drive for ships and other offshore facilities. One of the commonly used these mechanisms are hydraulic actuators with the measurement of the piston rod extension. The issue...
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Spatial Evolution of the European Container Ports’ System in Perspective of the Location Theory
PublicationThe maritime container terminal is nowadays a spatially incoherent object. From the functional point of view it ends, where their most external components are located. The process of location splitting of container terminals is a new phase of their discrete growth. The external container facilities are being built to improve effectivness of the logistic chain in the hinterland. The new components of container terminals have very...
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Analysis of the Application of Horizontal Directional Drilling
PublicationConstruction works are often considered to be very intrusive for the environment. Project designers assume deep excavations, or a complete replacement of the ground within the investment, which sometimes changes the initial conditions drastically. The problem started to appear in places, where the terrain is complicated and the excavation is burdensome. Some of state authorities...
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Pavement ageing influence on tyre/road noise
PublicationRoad surface should be constructed in a way that ensures safe and comfortable traffic conditions, not only when it is newly paved but also during its entire lifetime. An important factor in the asphalt mixture design process is also the expected pavement durability and stability of pavement properties over time. In many countries, road surface starts to play a significant role in traffic noise reduction actions. Selecting a particular...
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A multi‑criteria approach to investigate spatial distribution,sources, and the potential toxicological effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments of urban retention tanks
PublicationBottom sediments deposited in retention tanks (RTs) located on two urban streams (Oliwski and Strzyza) in the central part of Gdansk (Poland) were analysed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons’ (PAHs) content. PAHs were extracted from samples with methylene chloride, then the extracts were subjected to clean-up applying the solid phase extraction (SPE) method. Quantitative and qualitative determination of 16 PAHs was performed...
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An updated method identifying collision-prone locations for ships. A case study for oil tankers navigating in the Gulf of Finland
PublicationTo ensure the risk level associated with continuously increasing maritime traffic through particularly sensitive sea areas remains at acceptable level, a periodic risk assessment needs to be carried out by the relevant authorities. As a part of such assessment, allowing for proactive countermeasures to mitigate risk, the frequency of accidents is estimated along with the assessment of geographical locations where the accidents...
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Możliwości usprawnienia zarządzania transportem zbiorowym z wykorzystaniem systemu zarządzania ruchem TRISTAR
PublicationW artykule zostały przedstawione możliwości usprawnienia zarządzania transportem zbiorowym z wykorzystaniem poszczególnych podsystemów Zintegrowanego Systemu Zarządzania Ruchem TRISTAR. Opisane zostały elementy systemu które mogą w skuteczny sposób wpłynąć na uatrakcyjnienie transportu zbiorowego. Przytoczono przykłady pokazujące potencjalne wykorzystanie pierwotnie nie przewidzianych do tego celu podsystemów. Omówiona została...
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Wielkopowierzchniowe obiekty handlowe - zwykłe generatory ruchu czy źródła problemów transportowych?
PublicationW artykule zaprezentowano dane na temat funkcjonowania dużych centrów handlowych w miastach, uzyskane z polskich i obcojęzycznych źródeł literatury oraz badań realizowanych w Polsce i za granicą. Przedstawione zagadnienia pozwalają na zapoznanie się z podstawową wiedzą na temat zachowań klientów oraz poznanie uwarunkowań określania oferty parkingowej wielkopowierzchniowych obiektów handlowych. Przedstawiono także charakterystyki...
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ZAPEWNIENIE SYNCHORNIZACJI CZASU PRZY CZĘŚCIOWYM WSPARCIU SIECI
PublicationCelem badań zaprezentowanych w artykule było sprawdzenie czy możliwe jest zapewnienie dużej dokładności synchronizacji czasu przy częściowym wsparciu sieci w oparciu o model HRM-1 składający się z 12 szeregowo podłączonych urządzeń sieciowych wraz z wygenerowanym ruchem sieciowym. Badania wykazały, że dla obecnie stosowanych technologii mobilnych takich jak LTE TDD możliwe jest zapewnienie odpowiedniej jakości synchronizacji czasu....
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Video data recorded on S7 road
Open Research DataThe set consists of video data recorded employing camera LevelOne FCS-5102. The purpose of the experiment was to gather vehicle traffic recordings in real conditions – on the S7 motorway, near Dworek village (54°14'40.0"N 18°59'59.0"E).
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Las pełen muzyki:Unikatowe walory architektury Opery Leśnej w Sopocie, dawniej i obecnie
PublicationZakończona sukcesem współczesna modernizacja architektury , konstrukcji i elementów nowej estetyki kultowego obiektu Opery Leśnej w Sopocie daje podstawę do snucia optymistycznych wniosków na temat przyszłości rozwoju kultury muzycznej w szerokim tego słowa znaczeniu Cała.przestrzeń nowoczesnego funkcjonalnego obiektu o innowacyjnej konstrukcji zadaszenia nad sceną i powiększoną 5000 miejs- widownią ,jest nową atrakcja...
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PROPELLER INVESTIGATIONS BY MEANS OF NUMERICAL SIMULATION
PublicationThe analyses of hydroacoustics are of high interest at the moment due to strong impact of hydroacoustic phenomena on marine environment; the noises, generated e.g. by marine traffic, may be harmful for sea life. The analyses presented here are focused on one of main sources of noises generated by ships, i.e. cavitating propeller. The goal of the work is the assessment of the cavitation phenomenon, carried out with the standard...
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Call Control Evaluation in ASON/GMPLS Architecture
PublicationThe Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) utilizing Generalized Multi–Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) protocols named as ASON/GMPLS is one of the propositions of Next Generation Network. The basic assumption of ASON control plane is a separation of call control from connection control. The control plane is divided into call control and connection control components. Presented work regards the problem of call control evaluation...
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Approximation of Message Inter-Arrival and Inter-Departure Time Distributions in IMS/NGN Architecture Using Phase-Type Distributions
PublicationCurrently it is assumed that requirements of the information society for delivering multimedia services will be satisfied by the Next Generation Network (NGN) architecture, which includes elements of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution. In order to guarantee Quality of Service (QoS), NGN has to be appropriately designed and dimensioned. Therefore, proper traffic models should be proposed and applied. This requires determination...
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PLANOWANIE BEZPIECZNYCH I „ZIELONYCH” SYSTEMÓW KOMUNIKACYJNYCH
PublicationIn order to achieve balanced forms of urban infrastructure, which ensure comfort, safety and spatial order, when designing new solutions it is necessary to adopt a multi-facet approach which will combine everything that the local residents need but will respond harmoniously to the existing cultural landscape. It is therefore necessary to work out complex undertakings for the sake of planning and developing urban space. Coherent...
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Simulation model for evaluation of packet sequence changed order of stream in DiffServ network
PublicationCurrent packet networks use a large variety of mechanisms which should support QoS (Quality of Service). One of those mechanisms is routing (calculating connection paths for incoming service requests). The most effective mechanism in QoS context is dynamic routing, which is based on the current network state described by the offered traffic matrix and link states. After switching between calculated available paths, connection...
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Tyre rolling resistance and its influence on fuel consumption
PublicationRolling resistance of tyres is one of the major resistive forces acting on any wheeled vehicle. Unfortunately, it is also one of the forces very difficult to measure. It is estimated that in certain traffic conditions (like for example constant speed driving with slow or moderate speed) so called Rolling Resistance Impact Factor may be as high as 0.3. This means that reduction of rolling resistance by 50% would lead to 15% of energy...
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A concept for reducing PM 10 emissions for car brakes by 50%
PublicationWith regard to airborne particles with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 μm (PM10), in countries in the European Union, the mass of brake emissions equals approximately 8–27% of the total traffic-related emissions. Using a research methodology combining tests at different scale levels with contact mechanics simulations and PM10 chemical characterization, the REBRAKE EU-financed project had the following aims: i) to demonstrate...
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Tire/Road Noise On Poroelastic Road Surfaces - Results Of Laboratory Measurements
PublicationTire/road noise is the most important part of traffic noise for medium and high speed driving both in the case of passenger cars and trucks. The potential to make modification of tires that significantly reduce tire/road noise in nearly over, at least for conventional tires so the only promising action is to improve road pavements. One of the innovative solutions is poroelastic road pavement (PERS) that reduces airflow related...
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The safety issue of roadside advertising – comparison of polish and abu dhabi regulations
PublicationIn Poland a large number of advertisements are located by the roadside. These ads do not support road traffic management and unlike the road marking system are not subject to any regulations. The advertiser’s goal is to communicate a message to as many recipients as possible. Drivers with different individual abilities, such as attention focusing, eye accommodation, speed of information processing, can be distracted, blinded or...
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Lighting requirements for pedestrian crossings - positive contrast
PublicationFor many years now in Poland there has been a large number of road accidents at pedestrian crossings during night periods [5, 11]. One of the technical solutions that can improve this condition is the use of proper lighting for pedestrian crossings. The designated pedestrian crossing should be visible in different weather conditions and at different times of the day. In case of night vision restrictions use artificial lighting...
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Optimisation and field assessment of poroelastic wearing course bond quality
PublicationCompared to typical asphalt mixtures, poroelastic mixtures are characterised by high porosity and high flexibility, which are desirable for traffic noise reduction. However, the same properties increase the risk of debonding from the lower layer, which is a significant source of premature damage. The study investigates which of the factors – tack coat agent, type and texture of the lower layer – have the greatest impact on interlayer...