In an earlier paper the authors describe experimental investigation to measure forces on 1/20th scale vehicles in long platoons, together with flow field around using University of Birmingham moving model TRAIN rig facility, that can accommodate 8-vehicle platoons and provide a realistic ground simulation. This analyses results further look at unsteady flows. Using conventional Fourier spectral...

One proposed strategy to overcome labour shortages in male-dominated jobs is attract female workers. This has been the case for lorry driving UK. These efforts, however, often work reproduce binary gendered stereotypes, or seek include women without questioning how working conditions and everyday embodied itself constructs gender roles difference differentially experienced. In this paper, we hi...

UPPER limb thrombosis accounts for only one per cent of all deep vein thromboses.' This may be because there are fewer valves in the arm veins, along with increased fibrinolytic activity and decreased hydrostatic pressure.2 The aetiology is primary and secondary. The primary cause is thought to be mechanical due to anatomical factors in that the axillary vein passes through a triangle composed ...

Objective: To assess characteristics of asbestos exposure in respiratory cancer patients in Lithuania. Methods. Information on occupational exposure to asbestos was collected by personal interviews and occupational characteristics were evaluated among 183 lung cancer and mesothelioma patients with cumulative asbestos exposure ≥0.01 fibre years hospitalized at the Institute of Oncology, Vilnius....

BACKGROUND To explore time trends in deaths attributable to work in England and Wales, and identify priorities for prevention, we conducted a proportional analysis of mortality by occupation over a 22-year period. METHODS Analysis was based on deaths in men aged 20-74 years during 1979-1980 and 1982-2000 with a recorded occupation. Proportional mortality ratios, standardised for age and socia...

Keywords: Articulated vehicles Bluff bodies Road vehicle aerodynamics Square back vehicles Wake flow Wind tunnel tests a b s t r a c t An experimental study has been conducted to investigate both the time-averaged and instantaneous flow pattern over a scale articulated vehicle model for understanding the flow physics of tractor-trailer vehicles. Fully turbulent flow was used in the study and sm...

Road freight transport is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions. Hence, it increasingly regulated in urban areas reduce its impact on environment human health. The rich data available from telematics has potential provide high-resolution information, yet research not been conducted understand, evaluate, ultimately improve operation impacts road freight. Thi...