ESTIMATION OF 18-KIP EQUIVALENT ON PRIMARY AND INTERSTATE ROAD SYSTEMS IN VIRGINIA
FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN PURPOSES, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS USES THE AASHO METHOD OF DETERMINING THE 18-KIP EQUIVALENT SINGLEAXLE LOAD,. THE EVALUATION OF THE EAL-18 IS BASED ON ON-LOCATION TRUCK AXLE WEIGHT STUDIES . THESE STUDIES ARE EXPENSIVE AND TIME-CONSUMING AND HENCE ARE NOT USED FOR PAVEMENT REEVALUATION AND REHABILITATION. FOR THIS REASON, A METHOD BY WHICH THE EAL-18 COULD BE ECONOMICALLY AND QUICKLY ESTIMATED FROM THE ROUTINELY AVAILABLE RECORDS SEEMED DESIRABLE. THESE RECORDS ARE THE YEARLY TRAFFIC COUNT ON EACH SECTION OF THE PRIMARY, INTERSTATE, AND ARTERIAL SYSTEMS AND THE YEARLY RECORD OF THE WEIGHTS OF VEHICLES USING THESE SYSTEMS. IN THIS INVESTIGATION, SEVERAL METHODS WERE TRIED TO DETERMINE THE BEST ONE FOR ESTIMATING THE EAL-18 FROM ROUTINE AVAILABLE RECORDS. A METHOD INVOLVING THREE EQUATIONS WAS CONSIDERED THE BEST FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: IT PROVIDES A VERY GOOD CORRELATION WITH THE AASHO METHOD, DATA FOR ESTIMATING THE EAL-18 ARE READILY AVAILABLE FROM THE YEARLY REPORTS PUBLISHED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS (AND THOSE OF MOST OTHER STATES), AND THE METHOD ACCOUNTS FOR THE WEIGHT AND COUNT OF TWO-AXLE, SIX-TIRE SINGLE UNITS, THREE-AXLE SINGLE UNITS, AND TANDEM TRAILER TRUCKS SEPARATELY, THUS PROVIDING GREATER ACCURACY IN THE EVALUATION. IT IS SHOWN THAT, EVEN IF THE ESTIMATED EAL-18 DEVIATES GREATLY FROM THE AASHO VALUE, THE EFFECT ON THE ULTIMATE PAVEMENT DESIGN IS VERY LITTLE. THE APPROACH COULD BE USED TO DEVELOP TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS IN CASES WHERE LOAD METER STUDIES ARE NOT FEASIBLE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON ROADS WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC WHERE VEHICLES CAN BE COUNTED BUT NOT WEIGHED.
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Authors:
- Vaswani, N K
- Thacker, D E
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Conference:
- 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
- Publication Date: 1973
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 82-95
- Monograph Title: Pavement systems analyses
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 466
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Axle load force; Equations; Evaluation; Flexible pavements; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Pavements; Traffic counting; Vehicles; Weight
- Identifier Terms: AASHO Road Test
- Geographic Terms: Virginia
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00206131
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309022509
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM