DYNAMIC VEHICULAR WEIGHING SYSTEM

THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DESIGN EQUIPMENT WHICH WOULD PERMIT WEIGHING TRUCKS WITHIN 5% ACCURACY OF TRUE STATIC WEIGHT AT SPEED UP TO 60 MPH UTILIZING NEWLY DEVISED SENSORS. AN ARRAY OF TEN SCALES WAS EMPLACED IN A TRUCK, SO AS TO INTERCEPT THE RIGHT HAND WHEELS OF VEHICLES TRAVELING IN THE SIXTY MILE PER HOUR LANE. SCALE OUTPUTS WERE RECORDED ON MAGNETIC TAPE FOR SEVEN DIFFERENT VEHICLE/LOAD COMBINATIONS AT VELOCITIES FROM 15 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. TEN RUNS WERE MADE AT EACH VELOCITY. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA INDICATED THAT FOR NORMAL VEHICLES OPERATING AT SPEEDS UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR, A WEIGHING SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SCALE DESIGN EMPLOYED IN THE EXPERIMENT CAN PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF TOTAL VEHICLE WEIGHT WITHIN PLUS OR MINUS 5%, AND ESTIMATES OF INDIVIDUAL AXLE WEIGHTS WITHIN PLUS OR MINUS 10%. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, Bpr-h-4410, STATE-090
• Corporate Authors:

  Pennsylvania Department of Highways

  400 North Street
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120-0095

  Philco - Ford Corporation

  Ford Road
  Newport Beach, CA  United States  92663

  Ford Motor Company

  1 American Road
  Dearborn, MI  United States  48126-2798
• Publication Date: 1967-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Dynamic tests; Magnetic tapes; Motion; Motor vehicles; Trucks; Weighing devices; Weight indicators
• Uncontrolled Terms: Moving vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Magnetic tape recording
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222560
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 6 1994 12:00AM