REPORT ON THE TESTING OF TRIPLE-TRAILER COMBINATIONS IN ALBERTA

TESTS AND OBSERVATIONS HAVE SHOWN THAT WITHIN THE RANGE OF TRAFFIC AND OPERATING CONDITIONS FOUND ON THE DIVIDED HIGHWAY NO. 2 BETWEEN EDMONTON AND CALGARY, THE TRIPLE TRAILER TRUCK COMBINATION DOES NOT CREATE ANY SPECIAL HAZARDS TO TRAFIC SAFETY. PAVEMENT DEFLECTION TESTS INDICATE THAT WITH SIXTEEN THOUSAND POUND AXLE LOADINGS ON THE TRAILERS OF THE TRIPLE TRAILER UNIT THE STRESS APPLIED TO THE PAVEMENT IS NOT GREATER THAN THE STRESS CREATED BY REGULAR FIVE AXLE TRUCKS LOADED TO THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE AXLE LOADINGS. /RATAOC/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 59 Pp, 17 FIG, 1 TAB, 8 REF, 4 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  Alberta Department of Highways and Transport, Canada

  Transportation Building, 9630 106th Street
  Edmonton, Alberta  Canada  T5K 2B8
• Publication Date: 1970-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Deflection; Pavements; Stresses; Testing; Tractor trailer combinations; Traffic safety; Trailers; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stress concentration; Triple trailers
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement deflection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219854
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Roads & Transportation Assoc /Canada
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 13 2003 12:00AM