ROAD DEMAND AND ROAD WEAR. PROCEEDINGS, SIXTH CONFERENCE, ROAD ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION OF ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA, 4-10 MARCH 1990, KUALA LUMPUR, VOLUMES 1 TO 5 AND POST CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Heavy trucks benefit the community by carrying freight more cheaply than lighter (smaller) trucks only if their extra costs, particularly the cost of repairing any additional deterioration to the highway network, are contained. Therefore, to achieve rational pavement management, it is necessary to estimate the relative deterioration caused by trucks of different types carrying different levels of payload. In particular, reliable data is required to provide for truck cost recovery and regulation with respect to pavement damage. A brief description is given of how the fourth power law is used to estimate the damaging effect of different axle loads on pavements. The types of vehicle surveys required to obtain data concerning the demands on road pavements by trucks and the relationship between power laws, demand data and load limit enforcement are discussed. For the covering entry of the conference see IRRD 823206. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Road Engineering Association of Asia & Australasia

  Office of the Director-General of Public Works
  Kuala Lumpur,   Malaysia 
• Authors:
  • KINDER, D
  • Brown, J
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Conferences; Cost recovery; Data collection; Economics; Law enforcement; Laws; Maintenance management; Size; Size and weight regulations; Trucks; Weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Old TRIS Terms: Truck pavement damage
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00620272
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1992 12:00AM