DEVELOPMENT OF A TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING THE MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY OF TRUCK LOADINGS ON BRIDGES

THE EFFECT OF A NEW VEHICLE WEIGHT LAW ON STRUCTURES IS REPORTED. A MODEL IS DEVELOPED FOR DETERMINING THE MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY OF TRUCK LOADINGS ON THE BRIDGES ON THE THROUGH HIGHWAY SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND. BY VARYING THE INPUT PARAMETERS, THE BRIDGE LOADINGS ON ANY OTHER STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM MAY BE ANALYZED. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Maryland, College Park

  Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  College Park, MD  United States  20742
• Authors:
  • Desrosiers, R D
• Publication Date: 1969-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Frequency (Electromagnetism); Highway bridges; Load limits; Loads; Mathematical models; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Loading intensity
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Motor Carriers;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00209168
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 220 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1970 12:00AM