Research Article

Driving Comfort Evaluation for Manhole Covers and Pavement around Manholes

Table 2

Relationships between driving comfort and RMS of weighted acceleration.

RMS of weighted acceleration (m/s2)Driver’s comfort

<0.315Comfortable
0.315∼0.630Slightly uncomfortable
0.500∼1.000A little uncomfortable
0.800∼1.600Uncomfortable
1.250∼2.500Quite uncomfortable
>2.000Extremely uncomfortable