Pavement roughness is one of the key contributors to rolling resistance and thus vehicle fuel consumption. Roughness-induced fuel consumption is the result of energy dissipation in the suspension system of vehicles and therefore depends on both road surface characteristics and vehicle dynamic properties. In this paper, the sensitivity of roughness-induced excess fuel consumption to all involving factors, i.e., road roughness metrics, vehicle dynamic properties, and speed is investigated, and the dominant factors affecting fuel consumption are identified. This is achieved by using the Sobol’s method—a robust analysis of variance (ANOVA)-based technique for global sensitivity analysis. To this end, Monte-Carlo (MC) simulation is performed by generating realizations of all input parameters according to their probability distributions and estimating the energy consumption via a mechanistic roughness model. The results of the simulation are then used to obtain global Sobol sensitivity indices. Finally, the comparison between the Sobol sensitivity indices and the previously employed indices based on Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient (SRCC) is illustrated. It is found that roughness metrics, i.e. the International Roughness Index (IRI) and the waviness number, account for 88–93% of the total variations in energy dissipation and are the most influential factors affecting the excess fuel consumption. It is also observed that among vehicle dynamic properties, the stiffness of tire is the most important parameter accounting for 2–7% of the total variance of the excess energy consumption.


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    Title :

    Global Sensitivity of Roughness-Induced Fuel Consumption to Road Surface Parameters and Car Dynamic Characteristics


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board




    Publication date :

    2019-02-02




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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