TRUCK DESIGN AND USAGE RELATED TO HIGHWAY PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE --BEARING CAPACITY OF ROADS AND AIRFIELDS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 16-18, 1986

The function of a pavement is to serve traffic safely, comfortably, and efficiently at reasonable costs. Automobile traffic typically accounts for the major volume of traffic using high-type facilities. However, heavy truck traffic accounts for the major portion of accumulated fatigue and therefore requires greater structural designs. Truck design and usage has tended toward larger vehicles and greater payloads. The impact of elements of truck design and usage (such as suspension systems, floating axles, axle configurations, uniformity of loading, payloads, etc) on fatigue "damage" are illustrated. The effects of increasing vehicle loadings and increased tire pressures are related to potential for rutting of asphaltic concrete pavements. Mechanisms for implementation of vehicle damage factors and accumulated pavement fatigue in the assessment and allocation of costs to highway users also are presented.(a) for the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 815528.

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  WDM LIMITED

  WESTERN WORKS, STAPLE HILL
  Bristol, Avon,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Deen, R C
  • Southgate, H F
  • Allen, D L
  • Sharp, G W
  • Pigman, J G
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 377-85
• Serial:
  • Publication of: WDM LIMITED
  • Publisher: WDM LIMITED

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Costs; Design; Durability; Fatigue (Mechanics); Loads; Loss and damage; Pavements; Pressure; Rutting; Size; Tires; Travelers; Trucks
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00482210
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-9511117-1-X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM