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Mechanical, electrical and trim – MET
Published in Andrew Livesey, Alan Robinson, The Repair of Vehicle Bodies, 2018
It’s very easy to make mistakes with decimal calculations and the use of zeros. As you will have seen from Table 19.2, the standard or basic units are often too big or too small in value. So there is a series of multiples and sub-multiples that is used to make calculations easier. For instance, kilo – meaning thousand – is added to metre, giving kilometre – in other words, 1000 metres. Going in the other direction, we use milli, meaning one thousandth. When we are talking about the very low voltages in vehicle electronics, we say millivolts.
Metrics dictionary
Published in Adriana X. Sanchez, Keith D. Hampson, Simon Vaux, Delivering Value with BIM, 2016
Adriana X. Sanchez, Will Joske
This metric is one of the most commonly used KPIs for productivity in the construction industry (Suermann, 2009; Cox et al., 2003). For linear infrastructure construction projects, it can also be expressed in terms of cost per lane kilometre, tunnel lane kilometre or square metre of bridge. When applied to tender cost, it can be expressed as shown in Equation 19 (Rankin et al., 2008).
Part-time shoulder use operational impact on the safety performance of interstate 476
Published in Traffic Injury Prevention, 2020
The analyzed I-476 segment, a 13.4-kilometer section, is a four-lane interstate in southeast PA with peak congestion occurring from 7 AM to 9 AM, the morning commuting time. The hourly throughput volumes, during the morning peak, ranged from 3,801 vph to 4,731 vph in the northbound (NB) direction and 2,802 vph to 4,495 vph in the southbound (SB) direction (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Pers. Commun.). The posted speed limit is 88.5 kilometers per hour with approximately 10% heavy trucks. The four interchanges within this segment of I-476 includes Interchanges 1, 3, 5, and 9. The southern point of I-476 when it begins in the NB direction and ends in the SB direction is a T-junction with Interstate 95 (I-95). Figure A1 (in Appendix A, see Supporting Information) illustrates the extent of the study site. I-476 is two 3.7-meter lanes in either direction from the center of Interchange 1 until the northern extent of Interchange 9. I-476 has full 3.7-meter outer shoulders and the inner shoulders vary in width, though are typically about 1 meter or less. For this study, it is assumed when PTSU is implemented, the PTSU lane will be 3.7 meters with approximately 1 meter left to be a shoulder while PTSU is in operation.