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n economic analysis is made of vehicles powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), alcohol, and electric vehicles (EV's) as possible replacements for gasoline-powered vehicles. Advantages and disadvantages of vehicles powered by the various fuels are discussed and determinations of [...]Abstract
Orientador: Franco Giuseppe Dedini Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T13:12:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Costa_EduardodosSantos_M.pdf: 3795975 bytes, checksum: 57e8b74b69e23ca6a180dd32323f0a1e [...]Abstract
The study compares accidents at passive and active railway level crossings, and both immediate and background risk factors are considered. Passive railway level crossings have no warning devices, although there might be a static warning sign. Active level crossings are equipped with [...]