The effects truck operations have on road pavement performance in New South Wales, Australia

The design of non rigid pavements in New South Wales has produced economical pavements, but with increasing volumes of heavily loaded trucks on certain routes, pavement distress and failures have become evident. It is suggested that detailed traffic data and axle load spectra need to be determined on a regular basis, and that the performance of pavements needs to be monitored in situ. Electronic recording weighbridges need to be set into the surface of roads for long term monitoring purposes. When this data is made available, the current pavement design methods and the proposed NAASRA method need to be carefully assessed. The use of marginal materials: steel slag and coal wash, needs to be further investigated (a).

• Authors:
  • Pearson-kirk, D
• Conference:
  • PTRC Summer Annual Meeting, 1979, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1979

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 65-74
• Serial:
  • Volume: P185

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle loads; Heavy duty vehicles; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Pavements; Traffic counts; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: Australia; New South Wales
• ATRI Terms: Articulated vehicle; Axle load; Load damage relationship; Pavement; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Traffic count; Truck
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01438832
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 24 2012 9:52PM