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• Input response tests of selected small passenger cars. Final report. (1971), by Don L. Ivey, A. J. Stocker, E. P. Wittich, E. French, R. D. Ervin, R. D. Young, R. F. Hellmuth, R. H. Gardner, Edward R. Post, and D. L. Millikan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Measuring pavement roughness spectra using the modified BPR Roughometer with additional refinements. Final report. (1972), by B. E. Quinn and L. M. Smeyak (page images at HathiTrust)
• Road roughness technology, state of the art. Final report. (1973), by Glenn G. Balmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Relating pavement roughness to vehicle behavior. Final report. (1974), by B. E. Quinn and E. W. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pavement surface dynamics friction measurement and analysis in Kansas. Final report. (1976), by H. E. Worley, T. M. Metheny, and F. W. Stratton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tentative road roughness criteria based upon vehicle performance. Final report. (1975), by B. E. Quinn and S. R. Kelly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Passenger response to random vibration in transportation vehicles - literature review. Research report. (1975), by A. J. Healey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Laboratory measurement of vehicle characteristics for predicting highway behavior. Final report. (1976), by B. E. Quinn and D. E. Gevers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Highway-vehicle-object simulation model - 1976. Volume 1: users manual. Final report. (1976), by David J. Segal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Highway-vehicle-object simulation model - 1976. Volume 2: programmers manual. Final report. (1976), by David J. Segal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Highway-vehicle-object simulation model - 1976. Volume 3: engineering manual - analysis. Final report. (1975), by David J. Segal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Highway-vehicle-object simulation model - 1976. Volume 4: engineering manual - validation. Final report. (1976), by David J. Segal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Equipment for collecting pavement roughness information. Interim report. (1976), by Curtis L. Goss, Kenneth D. Hankins, and Allan B. Hubbard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rideability equipment evaluation. Final report. (1977), by C. E. Starky, G. A. Crenson, and M. R. Kalb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Computer simulation of the effect of road roughness on tire-pavement forces in braking and cornering. Interim report. (1977), by P. F. Bohn and H. D. Dunkle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Significant factors in truck ride quality. Volume I. Summary report. Final report. (1981), by Henry R. Jex and John W. Zellner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Significant factors in truck ride quality. Volume II: comprehensive report. Final report. (1981), by Henry R. Jex and John W. Zellner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Feasibility study for an improved acoustic probe for road roughness profiling. (1981), by James M. Lawther (page images at HathiTrust)
• Computer simulation of the effect of road roughness on tire-pavement forces for an articulated vehicle performing braking and cornering maneuvers. Phase report. (1981), by C. S. Kuehne and P. F. Bohn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Significant factors in truck ride quality. Volume III: data compendium. Final report. (1981), by Henry R. Jex and John W. Zellner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pavement roughness evaluations using a Mays ride meter. Final report. (1981), by Jack R. Croteau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Implementation of an automated rating procedure for pavement surface roughness. Final report. (1982), by James C. Wambold, W. H. Park, and G. F. Hayhoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Improvement of pavement rideability in Utah. Final report. (1982), by J. A. Long, Michael C. Belangie, and Douglas I. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The use of road profile statistics for Maysmeter calibration. Interim report. (1982), by D. W. McKenzie, W. Ronald Hudson, and Clyde E. Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mays Meter determination of pavemination [sic] of pavement serviceability ratings. Final report. Volume II. (1982), by M. D. Turo and P. R. Magni (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluating and quantifying user perception of pavement serviceability. Final report. (1983), by M. S. Janoff and J. B. Nick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methodology for analyzing pavement condition data (MAPCON). Volume I - final report. (1984), by James C. Wambold, John J. Henry, and E. C. Yeh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methodology for analyzing pavement condition data (MAPCON). Volume II - maintenance and operations manuals for the IBM 370 version. Final report. (1984), by James C. Wambold, John J. Henry, and E. C. Yeh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methodology for analyzing pavement condition data (MAPCON). Volume III - user's manuals for the IBM 370 version and the Onboard version. Final report. (1984), by James C. Wambold, John J. Henry, and E. C. Yeh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pavement roughness in Kentucky. Final report. (1982), by Gary W. Sharpe, D. H. Cain, H. F. Southgate, James H. Havens, and Robert Curba Deen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A comprehensive study of roadmeter roughness number with riding comfort for Indiana pavements. Executive summary. (1985), by Mark D. Harness, S. Gulen, Virgil L. Anderson, and K. J. Kercher (page images at HathiTrust)
• A comprehensive study of roadmeter roughness number with riding comfort for Indiana pavements. Final report. (1985), by Mark D. Harness, S. Gulen, Virgil L. Anderson, and K. J. Kercher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vehicle surface interactions - three case studies. Final report. (1986), by P. F. Bohn, J. S. O'Connor, and I. E. Feldberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance of the analog and the digital profilometer with wheels and with non-contract transducers. Final report. (1985), by German J. Claros, W. Ronald Hudson, and Clyde E. Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Calibration procedures for roadmeters. Final report. (1986), by Wouter Gulden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Road profile study. Final report. (1986), by Steven L. Cumbaa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Use of the inertial profilometer in the Ohio DOT Pavement Management System. Final report (1987), by Elson B. Spangler and William J. Kelly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Demonstration project no. 72, automated pavement data collection equipment roughness and profile measurement. Equipment summary. (1986), by Ronald W. Carmichael (page images at HathiTrust)
• Upgrade of 690D surface dynamics profilometer for non-contact measurements. Final report. (1987), by Roger S. Walker and J. S. Schuchman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Walker Roughness Device for roughness measurements. Final report. (1987), by Roger S. Walker and L. T. Phung (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pavement performance curves. Final report. (1989), by W. L. Gramling, D. A. Morian, and T. Siegel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of UMTRI/FHWA road profiling (ProRut). Final report. (1989), by G. Cumberledge and Janice L. Arellano (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description and evaluation of the South Dakota road profiler. Final report. (1989), by David L. Huft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of the ProRut system in Indiana. (1989), by Khaled Ksaibati, K. J. Kercher, S. Gulen, T. White, G. Hooker, and J. Lew (page images at HathiTrust)
• Calibration of road roughness measuring equipment. Volume II: calibration procedures. Final report. (1989), by T. V. Vorburger, D. C. Robinson, S. E. Fick, and Daniel R. Flynn (page images at HathiTrust)
• New Jersey pavement management study. Final report. (1988), by N. Vitillo and B. Margerum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Correlation of user-perceived pavement roughness (PSR) with physical roughness measurements. Final report. (1988), by N. Vitillo, B. Margerum, and Ricardo T. Barros (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation and implementation of the roughness measuring subsystem of the ARAN unit. (1991), by J. Lu, C. B. Bertrand, and W. Ronald Hudson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Determination of long-term stability of pavement ride quality data. Final report. (1990), by Elson B. Spangler, William J. Kelly, M. S. Janoff, and G. F. Hayhoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of a K. J. Law Model 8300 Ultrasonic Roughness Testing Device. Final report. (1992), by K. H. McGhee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of development of pavement roughness. (1998), by Rohan W. Perera, C. Byrum, and Starr D. Kohn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Profile equipment evaluation. (1997), by E. G. Fernando and S. I. C. Leong (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pavement smoothness index relationships: final report. (2002), by Kelly L. Smith, Leslie Titus-Glover, and Lynn D. Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noncontact road profiling system. Vol. 1, Overview and operating manual. (1981), by Preston G. Smith, S. Macintyre, and T.-L. Yang (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noncontact road profiling system. Vol. 3, System software. (1981), by Preston G. Smith, S. Macintyre, and T.-L. Yang (page images at HathiTrust)
• Improved methods and equipment to conduct pavement distress surveys. (1987), by W. Ronald Hudson, Gary Eugene Elkins, W. Uddin, and K. T. Reilley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Improving engineered wood fiber surfaces for accessible playgrounds (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 2003), by Theodore Laufenberg, Jerrold E. Winandy, and A. Krzysik (page images at HathiTrust)
• Field performance testing of improved engineered wood fiber surfaces for accessible playground areas (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 2003), by Theodore Laufenberg, Jerrold E. Winandy, and Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Surface roughness of ablated carbon-carbon nosetip composites (Air Force Materials Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, 1978), by Julius Jortner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Subsonic sphere drag measurements at intermediate Reynolds numbers (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1969), by Kenneth R. Sivier, J. A. Nicholls, University of Michigan. Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of surface asperity on elastohydrodynamic lubrication (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1973), by Lee Kwan, H. S. Cheng, Lewis Research Center, and Ill.) Northwestern University (Evanston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Backscattering from a two-scale rough surface with application to radar sea return (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1973), by H. L. Chan, A. K. Fung, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of longitudinal surface finish on elastohydrodynamic lubrication (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1975), by Thomas A. Dow, Richard J. Parker, Jerrold W. Kannel, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-6009 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1970), by Charles W. Allen, Erwin V. Zaretsky, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-5887 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1970), by Meyer Reshotko, Robert C. Ehlers, Donald R. Boldman, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-5698 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1970), by John Locke McCarty, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Three-track runway and taxiway profiles measured at international airports E and F (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1971), by Albert W. Hall, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• The effects of particle size on the optical properties and surface roughness of a glass-balloon-filled black paint (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1974), by T. M. Heslin, Marvin Harper, James Heaney, and Goddard Space Flight Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three-track runway and taxiway profiles measured at international airports I and J (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1972), by Albert W. Hall and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-3871 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1967), by James C. Dunavant, Howard W. Stone, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Effect of distributed three-dimensional roughness and surface cooling on boundary-layer transition and lateral spread of turbulence at supersonic speeds (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959), by Albert L. Braslow, Elmer A. Horton, Eugene C. Know, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-3589 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Virginia 2215], 1966), by K. R. Czarnecki, Langley Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• NASA TN D-4513 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1968), by James P. Cusick, Donald R. Behrendt, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Influence of shaft deflection and surface roughness on load-carrying capacity of plain journal bearings (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959), by Francis H. Raven, R. L. Wehe, and Cornell University (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of fabrication-type surface roughness on transition on ogive-cylinder models at Mach number of 1.61 and 2.01 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1963), by Paul W. Howard, K. R. Czarnecki, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Smoothness criteria for runway rehabilitation and overlays (U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Research and Development Service ;, 1990), by Donald R. Yager, Anthony G. Gerardi, Elson B. Spangler, United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Research and Development Service, and Inc Surface Dynamics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of surface roughness on characteristics of spherical shock waves (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1955), by Paul W. Huber, Donald R. McFarland, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, United States. National Adviosry Committee for Aeronautics, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oberflachenrauhigkeiten auf Tragflugeln. (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ;, 1926), by O. Schrenk and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• 2005 American Concrete Pavement Association profiler repeatability tests (University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute, 2005), by S. M. Karamihas, American Concrete Pavement Association, and University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• Compressible turbulent skin friction on rough and rough/wavy walls in adiabatic flow. (Silver Spring, Maryland : Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, 1974., 1974), by Daniel C. Reda and Md.) Naval Ordnance Laboratory (White Oak (page images at HathiTrust)
• Influence of roughness on heat transfer and transition : ART Program Data Report. (Silver Spring, Maryland. : Naval Ordinance Laboratory, White Oak, 1973., 1973), by R. E. Phinney, F. P. Baltakis, and Md.) Naval Ordnance Laboratory (White Oak (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boundary-layer transition experiments on pre-ablated graphite nosetips in a hyperballistics range (Silver Spring, Maryland : Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak Laboratory, 1976., 1976), by Daniel C. Reda, Robert A. Leverance, and Naval Surface Weapons Center. White Oak Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of unit Reynolds number, nose bluntness, and roughness on boundary layer transition (Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee : Arnold Engineering Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1960., 1960), by J. Leith Potter, Jack D. Whitfield, Inc ARO, United States. Air Force. Arnold Air Force Base, and Arnold Engineering Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boundary layer transition and surface roughness effects in hypersonic flow (Bolling Air Force Base, D.C. : Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1981., 1981), by Michael S. Holden, Calspan Corporation. Advanced Technology Center, and United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Multigrid methods for flow transition in three-dimensional boundary layers with surface roughness (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1993), by Chaoqun Liu, Steve McCormick, Zhining Liu, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Program, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Influence of roughness and blowing on compressible turbulent boundary layer flow" (Silver Spring, Maryland : Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak Laboratory, Strategic Systems Department, 1979., 1979), by Robert L. P. Voisinet and Naval Surface Weapons Center. White Oak Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)

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