Protocols for Collecting and Using Traffic Data in Bridge Design
This report provides a set of protocols and methodologies for using available recent truck traffic data to develop and calibrate vehicular loads for load and resistance factor design (LRFD) superstructure design, fatigue design, deck design, and design for overload permits. The protocols are geared to address the collection, processing, and use of national weigh-in-motion (WIM) data. The report also gives practical examples of implementing these protocols with recent national WIM data drawn from states/sites around the country with different traffic exposures, load spectra, and truck configurations. The material in this report will be of immediate interest to bridge engineers. This report replaces NCHRP Web Document 135.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Appendices A through F as submitted by the researchers are not published herein. They are available on the TRB website at www.TRB.org by searching for NCHRP Report 683.
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Authors:
- Sivakumar, Bala
- Ghosn, Michel
- Moses, Fred
- Publication Date: 2011
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Appendices; Bibliography; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 124p
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Serial:
- NCHRP Report
- Issue Number: 683
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0077-5614
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Bridge design; Bridge superstructures; Calibration; Data collection; Information processing; Live loads; Load and resistance factor design; Traffic data; Truck traffic; Weigh in motion
- Uncontrolled Terms: Overload permits (Bridge passage); Protocols; Truck configurations
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01339656
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309155472
- Report/Paper Numbers: Project 12-76(01)
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: May 11 2011 2:21PM