Introduction to Road Surface Calibration -- an application of Dynamic Metrology and Uncertainty Quantification

1. Road Surface Calibration
The application road surface calibration is currently under development, jointly with or via WSP
Sweden. It generalizes previous studies of whole-body vibrations for metropolitan bus drivers (see
reports in this repository). The goal is to predict and present various consequences of driving on
imperfect roads, in their actual current condition -- not how the road were designed or intended to
be. The analysis relies upon several sources of information:
• A detailed scan of the road surface (road surface map).
• Geographic position along the road.
• Speed limit along the road.
• Dynamic models of traffic of interest.
• Features of interest, e.g. exposure of whole-body vibrations and vehicle stability.
• Spread and uncertainty of all the above.
The last aspect relies upon our methods of uncertainty quantification and model calibration (see
other documents in this repository). Modeling of traffic will utilize linear signal processing and
mathematical tools partly developed in our novel concept dynamic metrology and model
calibration, see list of publications (in this repository).
What our service will consist of, who our collaborating partners will be and to whom and in which
form it will be offered is still to be determined in detail.
Please contact us if road surface calibration is of interest to you!