A NOTE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN WEIGH-IN-MOTION SCALE
Throughout the last decade, there has been increasing awareness in many countries of the need for information on the spectrum of axle loads against a background in which existing road networks were being tested to the limit by a steady increase in road transportation of goods. A greatly disproportionate amount of the damage to road structure is due to heavier axle-loads. It is particularly true in Ireland that, in recent years, the road network is approaching a critical state. Axle load spectra are important as input to overlay and new road design schemes and also bridge design. Dynamic weighbridges may also be used as pre-selectors in an enforcement scheme, if placed upstream from a static weighbridge installation. They may also give traffic flow information and vehicle speed data. The Saskatchewan model in fact can do all of these things. (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
National Institute for Phys Planning & Constr Res
St Martin's House, Waterloo Road
Dublin 4, Ireland -
Authors:
- Golden, J M
- Publication Date: 1982-12
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 33 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Axle load force; Law enforcement; Laws; Measuring instruments; Motion; Moving industry; Prevention; Size; Size and weight regulations; Trucks; Vehicles; Weigh in motion; Weighing devices; Weight
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- Old TRIS Terms: Truck pavement damage
- ITRD Terms: 3067: Axle load; 8018: Canada; 9050: Moving; 1255: Vehicle; 6195: Weighing apparatus
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00391080
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: An Foras Forbartha Teoranta
- Report/Paper Numbers: RC 256 Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM