Proposal of design and estimation of pavement materials based on pedestrians' measurement.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350699
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Oita National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Takanori 大分工業高等専門学校, 都市・環境工学科, 教授 (10450149)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TOKUYASU Tatsushi 福岡工業大学, 情報工学部, 教授 (50435492)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 歩行者 / 歩道舗装 / 下肢筋活動 / 加速度波形

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Numerical standard on hardness of sidewalk in Japan’s Road　Structure Ordinance hardly fixed from pleasant walking viewpoint. This researched that　characteristics of pavement materials affected pedestrians by measuring acceleration of pedestrians’ ankles, lower limbs muscles and questionnaire survey．
In case sidewalk surface which subjects who sensed hard, corrugation of surfaceelectromyogram of gastrocnemius grew, and that of acceleration showed definite peak at the first 10% and 20% time for stance phase.
As the result, Observing vertical acceleration of a few walking subjects suggested that hardness and bounce of pavement which many ones felt could be evaluated.

Free Research Field

道路工学