IMPROVING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN HEAVY TRUCKS, ROADS AND BRIDGES

A major co-operative international research program known as DIVINE (Dynamic Interaction between Vehicles and Infrastructure Experiment) has been completed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. DIVINE set out to investigate the benefits of "road-friendly" suspensions for reducing pavement wear and to develop better means of assessing vehicle suspensions for roadfriendliness. This paper summarises the most important results of DIVINE and presents means of assessing and simulating the road-friendliness of truck suspensions. The results of the DIVINE Project have shown that, under controlled experimental conditions, the dynamic loading associated with conventional mechanical suspension causes a significant increase in pavement roughness (or unevenness) in certain aspects of cracking and rutting. Assessment of vehicles for road-friendliness was extensively researched in the DIVINE Project and it was found that dynamic suspension tests utilising a road simulator provide the most effective means of vehicle assessment. The implications of the DIVINE results for pavements, bridges and vehicles are summarised and the differing means of implementation of the results in Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe are indicated. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD 895232.

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  CONFERENCE ORGANISING COMMITTEE (C/- ROADUSER RESEARCH)

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• Authors:
  • Sweatman, P F
  • Addis, R
• Conference:
  • INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HEAVY VEHICLE WEIGHTS AND DIMENSIONS, 5TH, 1998, MAROOCHYDORE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, PART 1
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 73-84

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Bridges; Conferences; Costs; Cracking; Evaluation and assessment; Heavy vehicles; Loss and damage; Pavements; Roads; Rutting
• ITRD Terms: 3067: Axle load; 3455: Bridge; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 5211: Cracking; 1614: Damage; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2755: Highway; 1236: Lorry; 2955: Pavement; 3081: Rutting (wheel)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Finance; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00761476
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-86910-765-8
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 6 1999 12:00AM