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Mauro D’Apuzzo
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering DICEM, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy

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Mauro D’Apuzzo: Graduated with full marks in Civil Engineering at the University “Federico II” of Naples in 1994 and appointed a PhD in Transportation Engineering at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” with a thesis on road traffic induced vibrations on February 2000. At the moment he is Associate Professor of Road, Railway and Airport Construction (ICAR-04) at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio. His research interests regard, mainly, environmental, design and management issues of transport infrastructures and road safety, where he authored and co-authored more than 80 national and international scientific papers.

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Journal article
Published: 20 August 2021 in Sustainability
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Background: Since the beginning of the new millennium, sensitivity towards the environment has been spreading globally. In fact, countries are adopting measures to develop new decision support tools that can evaluate the impact of interventions to promote and encourage sustainable mobility. To reduce the levels of pollution related to road traffic, policies that favor multimodal transport alternatives have been strengthened. This involves the combined use of public transport, cycling and walking paths, as well as sharing services where available. Regardless of the type of transport, the pedestrian component remains relevant in cities, even if the infrastructures are often not adequate to accommodate it and conflicts arise that must be managed. It is, therefore, necessary to assess the exposure to risk in terms of road safety. Methods: To this end, the work proposes a forecasting model to estimate the pedestrian flows that load the network. The methodology employs a hybrid approach that appears to better capture the movements of pedestrians. Results: By comparing the results of the model with the real data collected on the study area, satisfactory estimates were obtained. Conclusions: Therefore, this can be an effective tool to help road managers to evaluate the actions to protect vulnerable users.

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Daniela Santilli; Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vittorio Nicolosi. Towards Sustainability: New Tools for Planning Urban Pedestrian Mobility. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9371 .

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Daniela Santilli, Mauro D’Apuzzo, Azzurra Evangelisti, Vittorio Nicolosi. Towards Sustainability: New Tools for Planning Urban Pedestrian Mobility. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):9371.

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Daniela Santilli; Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2021. "Towards Sustainability: New Tools for Planning Urban Pedestrian Mobility." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 9371.

Conference paper
Published: 30 September 2020 in Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV
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In the present study, a strategy to assess liquefaction risk of road infrastructures has been proposed, as combination of liquefaction hazard, infrastructures vulnerability and exposure of transportation network. The proposed methodology includes a capacity analysis of the road network performed on both pre- and post-liquefaction scenarios to evaluate the social cost in terms of delay cost suffered by the transportation system. The approach has been applied to the municipality of Terre del Reno (Italy), that in 2012 suffered a severe seismic sequence that induced extensive liquefaction evidences over the territory. A multi-layer database, on a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) platform, has been created, with the aim to overlap information about subsoil, earthquake intensity, groundwater depth and road network configuration. The Vulnerability of road has been evaluated by the settlements of embankment on liquefied soils and, according to the damage level occurred, a loss of functionality has been assigned. Finally, performing a transportation analysis, the effects on the traffic conditions have been evaluated in terms of Total Delay Cost, suffer by the road users. Preliminary results showed a redistribution of the traffic flows caused by the service loss of crucial road sections due to the liquefaction evidences on the transportation network and the related Total Delay Cost has been quantified.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Giuseppe Modoni; Rose-Line Spacagna; Luca Paolella; Daniela Santilli; Vittorio Nicolosi. Simplified Approach for Liquefaction Risk Assessment of Transportation Systems: Preliminary Outcomes. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12255, 130 -145.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo, Azzurra Evangelisti, Giuseppe Modoni, Rose-Line Spacagna, Luca Paolella, Daniela Santilli, Vittorio Nicolosi. Simplified Approach for Liquefaction Risk Assessment of Transportation Systems: Preliminary Outcomes. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12255 ():130-145.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Giuseppe Modoni; Rose-Line Spacagna; Luca Paolella; Daniela Santilli; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2020. "Simplified Approach for Liquefaction Risk Assessment of Transportation Systems: Preliminary Outcomes." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12255, no. : 130-145.

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Published: 30 September 2020 in Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV
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The pedestrian accounts for part of the road safety problem in most developed countries. Pedestrian accidents are thus an urgent issue for safety improvement, particularly in urban area. Furthermore, recent sustainable mobility oriented policies are boosting walking in urban areas. In order to cope with this increase in pedestrian flows, European municipal authorities, responsible for road safety, traffic management and mobility, need reliable engineering methods to plan urban road safety and protect vulnerable users. Road safety management systems are usually developed to identify hazardous sites and to find suitable countermeasures. Risk exposure assessment is required to identify sites with high accident potential. This assessment requires the knowledge, on one side, of the known vehicular flows and, on the other, of the pedestrian flows, which are not normally known to road operators. In this paper a methodology to develop and calibrate forecasting model aimed at evaluating pedestrian exposure is presented. The model is based on original approach that integrates the Space Syntax modelling framework with pedestrian mobility aspects and a calibration procedure was proposed that use counts on a limited number of roads. Preliminary results derived from a case study in an urban environment seem promising and confirm the model's good ability to predict pedestrian flows.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Daniela Santilli; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vincenzo Pelagalli; Orlando Montanaro; Vittorio Nicolosi. An Exploratory Step to Evaluate the Pedestrian Flow in Urban Environment. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12255, 645 -657.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo, Daniela Santilli, Azzurra Evangelisti, Vincenzo Pelagalli, Orlando Montanaro, Vittorio Nicolosi. An Exploratory Step to Evaluate the Pedestrian Flow in Urban Environment. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12255 ():645-657.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Daniela Santilli; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vincenzo Pelagalli; Orlando Montanaro; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2020. "An Exploratory Step to Evaluate the Pedestrian Flow in Urban Environment." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12255, no. : 645-657.

Conference paper
Published: 29 September 2020 in Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV
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The Mean Profile Depth (MPD) is the synthetic index worldwide used to describe the macrotexture of road pavement surfaces. MPD is evaluated from two dimensional profiles captured by macrotexture laser-based devices, by means of ISO (International Organization for Standardization) or ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials International) algorithms. Several macrotexture laser-based measuring devices are present in the world market and, usually each one provides different MPD values also for the same road pavement. Furthermore the Standard Algorithm application produces MPD values affected by a wide variability. For these reasons the comparison of MPD values deriving from different laser-based macrotexture measuring devices is unsatisfying and it can produces deep misunderstanding on road macrotexture characterization. In order to reduce the MPD variability and to improve the MPD values comparison a new algorithm to evaluate a more stable macrotexture synthetic index (Estimated Texture Depth) ETD, has been proposed. It has been developed with more than two hundred profiles belonging to virtual pavements and it has been validated on fifteen real road profiles. The results seems to be promising: the Square Weight Estimated Texture Depth (ETDsw) provides more stable and reliable MPD values and in the same time, it improves the agreement between macrotexture values provided by different laser-based devices.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Daniela Santilli; Vittorio Nicolosi. Theoretical Development and Validation of a New 3D Macrotexture Index Evaluated from Laser Based Profile Measurements. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2020, 12251, 367 -382.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo, Azzurra Evangelisti, Daniela Santilli, Vittorio Nicolosi. Theoretical Development and Validation of a New 3D Macrotexture Index Evaluated from Laser Based Profile Measurements. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2020; 12251 ():367-382.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Daniela Santilli; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2020. "Theoretical Development and Validation of a New 3D Macrotexture Index Evaluated from Laser Based Profile Measurements." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 12251, no. : 367-382.

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Published: 05 March 2020 in Accident Analysis & Prevention
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Wet skid-resistance is of paramount importance for road safety as it has been recognized to affect wet-road accidents. Recently European Regulations are introducing mandatory classification for tyre friction performance by means of tyre labelling procedure. In this paper an experimental study has been carried out in order to search for a relationship between indexes employed in the tyre and pavement classification. Coupled friction tests have been performed in a controlled manner on five test track with varying texture properties and significant statistical relationship has been derived between Wet Grip Index (WGI), as defined in the European Tyre Labelling Procedure and the International Friction Index (IFI), according to World Road Association (PIARC) friction harmonization experiment. If a temperature correction of skid data is applied a good correlation between WGI and IFI can be obtained. Although the experimental study has to be integrated with a wider measurement campaign, preliminary results seem to indicate that a unified wet tyre-road classification can be pursued allowing a better awareness of the road safety level among road users.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vittorio Nicolosi. An exploratory step for a general unified approach to labelling of road surface and tyre wet friction. Accident Analysis & Prevention 2020, 138, 105462 .

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Mauro D’Apuzzo, Azzurra Evangelisti, Vittorio Nicolosi. An exploratory step for a general unified approach to labelling of road surface and tyre wet friction. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 2020; 138 ():105462.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2020. "An exploratory step for a general unified approach to labelling of road surface and tyre wet friction." Accident Analysis & Prevention 138, no. : 105462.

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Published: 21 February 2019 in Pavement and Asset Management
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In order to evaluate the real effects and the degradation of the airfield pavement due to airport operations, the knowledge of the aircraft traffic spectrum and its relative loading of the main and secondary landing gears is essential. With the aim to characterize the airplanes load distributions on runway pavements, which generally present more severe damages, different airplane types and landing and take-off operations data on Ciampino Airport, have been collected and analyzed. The longitudinal and transversal statistical distribution of the wheel-path of the aircraft during the landing and take-off operations have been investigated and, according to the aircraft speed, the map of wheel coverage have been derived. Finally, in function of different damage criteria, a software for the evaluation of a coverage contour map of runway pavements has been developed. It can represent an helpful tool for airport authorities to develop more effective planning programs of runways maintenance.

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M. D’Apuzzo; A. Evangelisti; N. Palombo; Vittorio Nicolosi; B. Festa; A. Schibani. Evaluation of a realistic damage maps of runaway pavements due to real traffic load. Pavement and Asset Management 2019, 417 -426.

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M. D’Apuzzo, A. Evangelisti, N. Palombo, Vittorio Nicolosi, B. Festa, A. Schibani. Evaluation of a realistic damage maps of runaway pavements due to real traffic load. Pavement and Asset Management. 2019; ():417-426.

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M. D’Apuzzo; A. Evangelisti; N. Palombo; Vittorio Nicolosi; B. Festa; A. Schibani. 2019. "Evaluation of a realistic damage maps of runaway pavements due to real traffic load." Pavement and Asset Management , no. : 417-426.

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Published: 21 February 2019 in Pavement and Asset Management
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The pavement management can be considered one of the most important element of the Road Asset management for both work volumes and economical investments. In the last years the planning of maintenance interventions represents a challenge to face for private and public road administrators. With the aim to provide a decision support tool, a methodological approach to develop pavement management systems at network level is proposed for small municipalities. According to the principles proposed in recent COST projects, the methodology defines Comfort, Safety, Structural and Environmental Global Indexes, derived from visual inspections and in situ traffic data, that are appropriately weighed in order to model their evolution by means of a statistical regression approach. Finally, basing on different budget scenarios, the degradation of network pavement quality has been predicted with Markov Chain models showing a more rational and efficient planning of pavement management.

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M. D’Apuzzo; A. Evangelisti; A. Di Silvestro; Vittorio Nicolosi. Pavement maintenance of small municipalities: Evaluation of the quality evolution for different budget scenarios. Pavement and Asset Management 2019, 293 -300.

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M. D’Apuzzo, A. Evangelisti, A. Di Silvestro, Vittorio Nicolosi. Pavement maintenance of small municipalities: Evaluation of the quality evolution for different budget scenarios. Pavement and Asset Management. 2019; ():293-300.

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M. D’Apuzzo; A. Evangelisti; A. Di Silvestro; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2019. "Pavement maintenance of small municipalities: Evaluation of the quality evolution for different budget scenarios." Pavement and Asset Management , no. : 293-300.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2019 in Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL)
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Mauro D'apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vittorio Nicolosi; Alessandro Rasulo; Daniela Santilli; Mirco Zullo. A Simplified Approach for the Prioritization of Bridge Stock Seismic Retrofitting. Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL) 2019, 1 .

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Mauro D'apuzzo, Azzurra Evangelisti, Vittorio Nicolosi, Alessandro Rasulo, Daniela Santilli, Mirco Zullo. A Simplified Approach for the Prioritization of Bridge Stock Seismic Retrofitting. Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL). 2019; ():1.

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Mauro D'apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vittorio Nicolosi; Alessandro Rasulo; Daniela Santilli; Mirco Zullo. 2019. "A Simplified Approach for the Prioritization of Bridge Stock Seismic Retrofitting." Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL) , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 30 November 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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Air quality still represents a main threat to human health in cities. Even in developed countries, decades of air pollution control not yet allowed to reduce pollutant concentrations in urban areas adequately. Indeed, high airborne particle concentrations are measured in several European cities; this is a main issue since particles represent a carrier for carcinogenic compounds. Numerous researches measuring the exposure to the different aerosol metrics in urban areas were recently performed, nonetheless, few data on the lung cancer risk in such environments are available. In the present paper a novel approach to evaluate the lung cancer risk related to the airborne particles emitted by the different sources located in a city is proposed and applied to a pilot case-study (i.e. an Italian city). In particular, an existing lung cancer risk model was modified and applied to assess the particle-related lung cancer “emitted” by the different sources of the city using pollutant emission factors provided by accredited emission inventory databases. Therefore, the average toxicity of the particles emitted by the city (i.e. lung cancer slope factor) and the lung cancer risk globally emitted by the city, expressed as new cases of lung cancer, were evaluated. The proposed emission inventory also allowed to identify and localize the main contributors to the overall risk emitted in a city. As an example, for the city under investigation, the research revealed that the main contributor, amongst the sources considered, is the vehicular traffic which is characterized by a lower mass fraction of carcinogenic compounds but a much higher sub-micron particle emission with respect to the other sources.

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L. Stabile; A. Massimo; V. Rizza; Mauro D'Apuzzo; A. Evangelisti; Mauro Scungio; A. Frattolillo; G. Cortellessa; G. Buonanno. A novel approach to evaluate the lung cancer risk of airborne particles emitted in a city. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 656, 1032 -1042.

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L. Stabile, A. Massimo, V. Rizza, Mauro D'Apuzzo, A. Evangelisti, Mauro Scungio, A. Frattolillo, G. Cortellessa, G. Buonanno. A novel approach to evaluate the lung cancer risk of airborne particles emitted in a city. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 656 ():1032-1042.

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L. Stabile; A. Massimo; V. Rizza; Mauro D'Apuzzo; A. Evangelisti; Mauro Scungio; A. Frattolillo; G. Cortellessa; G. Buonanno. 2018. "A novel approach to evaluate the lung cancer risk of airborne particles emitted in a city." Science of The Total Environment 656, no. : 1032-1042.

Conference paper
Published: 07 July 2017 in Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV
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Safety aspects, as dry and wet friction and splash and spray phenomena, and environmental aspects, as rolling noise, in-vehicle noise and rolling resistance are highly affected by the pavement surface macrotexture. For these reasons, predicting macrotexture, is a crucial aspect for pavement engineers. In this connection, several statistical empirical models have been proposed in the scientific literature. However, none of them seems to be effective in predicting macrotexture. For these reason, in order to better understand relationship between grading and volumetric properties of bituminous mixes and the corresponding macrotexture level a more theoretical approach has to be pursued. In this paper a preliminary analysis toward the theoretical prediction of road macrotexture is presented. A numerical model by means of a Discrete Element Method (DEM) approach has been developed in order to simulate compaction of a bituminous mix in gyratory compactor. Several DEM simulation speciements have been examined and different simulation strategies have been investigated in order to highlight strengths and weaknesses of each tool. Simulation have been performed on mono-granular mixes and a comparison with experimental specimen prepared in laboratory has been performed. Preliminary results seem rather encouraging showing that this approach may provide useful information for the development of a theoretical prediction model of pavement macrotexture.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vittorio Nicolosi. Preliminary Investigation on a Numerical Approach for the Evaluation of Road Macrotexture. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2017, 10405, 157 -172.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo, Azzurra Evangelisti, Vittorio Nicolosi. Preliminary Investigation on a Numerical Approach for the Evaluation of Road Macrotexture. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2017; 10405 ():157-172.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2017. "Preliminary Investigation on a Numerical Approach for the Evaluation of Road Macrotexture." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 10405, no. : 157-172.

Journal article
Published: 27 June 2016 in The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering
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Vehicle speed is one of main parameters describing driver behavior and it is of paramount importance as it affects the travel safety level. Speed is, in turn, affected by several factors among which in-vehicle vibration may play a significant role. Most of speed reducing traffic calming countermeasures adopted nowadays rely on vertical vibration level perceived by drivers that is based on the dynamic interaction between the vehicle and the road roughness. On the other hand, this latter has to be carefully monitored and controlled as it is a key parameter in pavement managements systems since it influences riding comfort, pavement damage and Vehicle Operating Costs. There is therefore the need to analyse the trade-off between safety requirements and maintenance issues related to road roughness level. In this connection, experimental studies aimed at evaluating the potential of using road roughness in mitigating drivers’ speed in a controlled environment may provide added value in dealing with this issue. In this paper a new research methodology making use of a dynamic driver simulator operating at the TEST Laboratory in Naples is presented in order to investigate the relationship between the driver speed behavior on one hand, and the road roughness level, road alignment and environment, vehicle characteristics on the other. Following an initial calibration phase, preliminary results seem fairly promising since they comply with the published data derived from scientific literature.

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Mariano Pernetti; Mauro D’Apuzzo Mauro D’Apuzzo; Francesco Galante. A new approach to assess the influence of road roughness on driver speed behavior based on driving simulator tests. The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering 2016, 11, 144 -152.

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Mariano Pernetti, Mauro D’Apuzzo Mauro D’Apuzzo, Francesco Galante. A new approach to assess the influence of road roughness on driver speed behavior based on driving simulator tests. The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering. 2016; 11 (2):144-152.

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Mariano Pernetti; Mauro D’Apuzzo Mauro D’Apuzzo; Francesco Galante. 2016. "A new approach to assess the influence of road roughness on driver speed behavior based on driving simulator tests." The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering 11, no. 2: 144-152.

Book chapter
Published: 25 June 2016 in Materials and Infrastructures 1
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Azzurra Evangelisti; Samer W. Katicha; Edgar De León Izeppi; Gerardo W. Flintsch; Mauro D'apuzzo; Vittorio Nicolosi. Measurement Error Models (MEMs) Regression Method to Harmonize Friction Values from Different Skid Testing Devices. Materials and Infrastructures 1 2016, 159 -173.

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Azzurra Evangelisti, Samer W. Katicha, Edgar De León Izeppi, Gerardo W. Flintsch, Mauro D'apuzzo, Vittorio Nicolosi. Measurement Error Models (MEMs) Regression Method to Harmonize Friction Values from Different Skid Testing Devices. Materials and Infrastructures 1. 2016; ():159-173.

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Azzurra Evangelisti; Samer W. Katicha; Edgar De León Izeppi; Gerardo W. Flintsch; Mauro D'apuzzo; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2016. "Measurement Error Models (MEMs) Regression Method to Harmonize Friction Values from Different Skid Testing Devices." Materials and Infrastructures 1 , no. : 159-173.

Conference paper
Published: 05 June 2015 in Airfield and Highway Pavements 2015
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Mauro D'Apuzzo; A. Evangelisti; G. W. Flintsch; E. De L. Izeppi; Daniel Mogrovejo; Vittorio Nicolosi. Evaluation of Variability of Macrotexture Measurement with Different Laser-Based Devices. Airfield and Highway Pavements 2015 2015, 1 .

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Mauro D'Apuzzo, A. Evangelisti, G. W. Flintsch, E. De L. Izeppi, Daniel Mogrovejo, Vittorio Nicolosi. Evaluation of Variability of Macrotexture Measurement with Different Laser-Based Devices. Airfield and Highway Pavements 2015. 2015; ():1.

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Mauro D'Apuzzo; A. Evangelisti; G. W. Flintsch; E. De L. Izeppi; Daniel Mogrovejo; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2015. "Evaluation of Variability of Macrotexture Measurement with Different Laser-Based Devices." Airfield and Highway Pavements 2015 , no. : 1.

Book chapter
Published: 03 April 2014 in Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management
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A Schibani; B Festa; M D’Apuzzo; V Nicolosi. Some remarks on landing kinematic characteristics of aircrafts. Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management 2014, 385 -392.

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A Schibani, B Festa, M D’Apuzzo, V Nicolosi. Some remarks on landing kinematic characteristics of aircrafts. Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management. 2014; ():385-392.

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A Schibani; B Festa; M D’Apuzzo; V Nicolosi. 2014. "Some remarks on landing kinematic characteristics of aircrafts." Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management , no. : 385-392.

Book chapter
Published: 03 April 2014 in Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management
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M Pernetti; M D’Apuzzo; F Galante. Capability of Italian existing bridges to resist the impact against safety barriers. Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management 2014, 751 -763.

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M Pernetti, M D’Apuzzo, F Galante. Capability of Italian existing bridges to resist the impact against safety barriers. Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management. 2014; ():751-763.

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M Pernetti; M D’Apuzzo; F Galante. 2014. "Capability of Italian existing bridges to resist the impact against safety barriers." Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management , no. : 751-763.

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Published: 03 April 2014 in Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management
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Within the management of railway infrastructures, rail defect monitoring is one of the most significant task since it affects maintenance interventions, on one hand, and safety of train operation, on the other. In recent years, several high performance measuring devices, providing a huge amount of data that have to be carefully analyzed, have been developed and employed to accomplish this aim. There is therefore the need to develop efficient and reliable procedures able to reduce them into efficient synthetic descriptors and to detect significant variations. In this paper a preliminary analysis following a large experimental measure-ment campaign carried out on the Circumvesuviana railway network operating in the Naples metropolitan ar-ea is reported. Track cant, level, gauge and twist data have been collected with a 25 cm sampling interval within a two year long period by using the Plasser device (POS/TG System), directly mounted on an conven-tional vehicle. Preliminary analysis show that by combining track alignment data with operational infor-mation, a more reliable prediction of the evolution of defects can be derived

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Mauro D'Apuzzo; Bruna Festa; Elisabetta Miraglia. Evaluation of rail defects provided by high performance measuring devices. Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management 2014, 649 -656.

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Mauro D'Apuzzo, Bruna Festa, Elisabetta Miraglia. Evaluation of rail defects provided by high performance measuring devices. Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management. 2014; ():649-656.

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Mauro D'Apuzzo; Bruna Festa; Elisabetta Miraglia. 2014. "Evaluation of rail defects provided by high performance measuring devices." Sustainability, Eco-efficiency, and Conservation in Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management , no. : 649-656.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2012 in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Vittorio Nicolosi; Mauro D’Apuzzo; Elena Bogazzi. A Unified Approach for the Prediction of Vibration Induced by Underground Metro. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2012, 53, 62 -71.

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Vittorio Nicolosi, Mauro D’Apuzzo, Elena Bogazzi. A Unified Approach for the Prediction of Vibration Induced by Underground Metro. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2012; 53 ():62-71.

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Vittorio Nicolosi; Mauro D’Apuzzo; Elena Bogazzi. 2012. "A Unified Approach for the Prediction of Vibration Induced by Underground Metro." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 53, no. : 62-71.

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Published: 01 October 2012 in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The assessment of surface characteristics of runway pavement plays a key role in a modern APMS as it affects, on safety of aircraft operations and user riding comfort. In this paper a more cost-effective approach to develop empirical degradation models which is based on the evaluation of the transversal variability of surface properties of a runway is proposed. The methodology is based on the evaluation transversal distribution of the equivalent coverages derived from the aircraft traffic data. Preliminary results seem to indicate that the approach may represent a viable tool in evaluating the roughness and friction progression

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Bruna Festa; Giovanni Giuliana; Laura Mancini; Vittorio Nicolosi. The Evaluation of Runway Surface Properties: A New Approach. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2012, 53, 1192 -1201.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo, Bruna Festa, Giovanni Giuliana, Laura Mancini, Vittorio Nicolosi. The Evaluation of Runway Surface Properties: A New Approach. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2012; 53 ():1192-1201.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Bruna Festa; Giovanni Giuliana; Laura Mancini; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2012. "The Evaluation of Runway Surface Properties: A New Approach." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 53, no. : 1192-1201.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2012 in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vittorio Nicolosi. Preliminary Findings for a Prediction Model of Road Surface Macrotexture. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2012, 53, 1109 -1118.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo, Azzurra Evangelisti, Vittorio Nicolosi. Preliminary Findings for a Prediction Model of Road Surface Macrotexture. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2012; 53 ():1109-1118.

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Mauro D’Apuzzo; Azzurra Evangelisti; Vittorio Nicolosi. 2012. "Preliminary Findings for a Prediction Model of Road Surface Macrotexture." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 53, no. : 1109-1118.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2012 in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
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Because speeding is one of the most significant contributing factors to fatal crashes, most road agencies attempt to achieve the right operating speed by imposing speed limits. Speed limit violations are prevalent, even on motorways with speed cameras. A problem with speed camera enforcement is that some motorists brake before passing a camera location and then exceed the speed limit after passing. This sudden braking can cause dangerous situations, crashes, and traffic jams. Furthermore, safe operating speed is not achieved where there are no cameras, especially where enforcement is overt, as in Italy. A new technique to overcome these problems is an automated section speed enforcement system, Safety Tutor. Unlike conventional speed meters, which measure vehicle speed at one point, the new technique determines average speed over a long distance. This study evaluated the safety effectiveness of the Safety Tutor system installed on Italian Motorway A1 Milan Naples in 2007. An empirical Bayes observational before-and-after study was performed. The estimate of the total crash reduction is 31.2%, with a lower 95% confidence limit of 24.3%. The greatest crash reductions were observed for severe crashes and crashes at curves. Reduction was 55.6% for severe crashes, 26.6% for nonsevere crashes, 43.4% at curves, and 28.4% at tangents. However, the system's effectiveness decreased over time. The crash reduction was 39.4% in the first semester after the system's activation and 18.7% in the fifth semester after activation. Results strongly support activation of the new automated system owing to highly significant and substantial safety effects. The decrease in system effectiveness over time may be correctible with higher levels of enforcement

ACS Style

Alfonso Montella; Bhagwant Persaud; Mauro D'Apuzzo; Lella Liana Imbriani. Safety Evaluation of Automated Section Speed Enforcement System. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2012, 2281, 16 -25.

AMA Style

Alfonso Montella, Bhagwant Persaud, Mauro D'Apuzzo, Lella Liana Imbriani. Safety Evaluation of Automated Section Speed Enforcement System. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2012; 2281 (1):16-25.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Alfonso Montella; Bhagwant Persaud; Mauro D'Apuzzo; Lella Liana Imbriani. 2012. "Safety Evaluation of Automated Section Speed Enforcement System." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2281, no. 1: 16-25.