PLATE-BEARING TESTS USED TO EVALUATE MINNESOTA HIGHWAYS

AN INVESTIGATION INITIATED AS PART OF A SURVEY IS DESCRIBED FOR THE LONG-RANGE IMPROVEMENT OF A GROUP OF ROADS TENTATIVELY DESIGNATED AS FUTURE 7-TON OR 9-TON AXLE-LOAD-CAPACITY ROADS. IN ORDER TO ASSIST IN THE PREPARATION OF PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF THE IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED AND TO MAKE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE ROADS INVOLVED, THE PLATE-BEARING TEST WAS UTILIZED TO EVALUATE THE EXISTING ROAD STRUCTURES. THIS REPORT DISCUSSES THE APPLICATION PLATE-BEARING TEST DATA, TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS, FIELD WORK, TEST PROCEDURES USED, ADJUSTMENT OF BEARING VALUES TO MAXIMUM FALL VALUES, AND CONVERSION OF SUCH VALUES TO ESTIMATED SPRING AXLE-LOAD CAPACITIES. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/32/32-005.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 32, pp 81-89, 5 FIG, 2 TAB, 2 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Velz, P G
  • Campen, W H
  • Herner, R C
• Publication Date: 1953

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 13-16, 1953
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 32
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Estimates; Highway capacity; Highways; Improvements; Plate bearing test; Test procedures
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207332
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 15 1971 12:00AM