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ACCELERATIONS AND VIBRATIONS ON VEHICLES AND BOATS

Table 5: Ambulance Specifications Ford Transit

Engine Output 99.29 kW

Wheelbase 3300 mm

Tire Size 215/55 R16

Front Suspension Coil Spring

Rear Suspension Leaf spring

Figure 4: Experimental setup for the ambulance trial.
The second main objective of the experiment was to analyse the quality of roads in Istanbul
Technical University Ayazaga campus with an ambulance in an emergency situation. During the
cruise on ITU campus roads, 16 speed bumps and 19 road bends have encountered. The road
sections include asphalt, some parts has rough gravel surface and short slopes. The length of the
loop is around 3.6 km. The photograph and accelerations of the 1st imperfection is shown in
Figure 6, the maximum acceleration values of the speed bumps is given in Table 6. Besides
VDV of Mti200 in each axis and total VDV for road trials is given in Table 7.

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