Weight of Intellect: Used for Vehicle Weighing Applications for Years

This article describes the use of integrated Kistler Lineas quartz weight detectors embedded in asphalt in weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems. The need for WIM systems is obvious for proper maintenance of roadways. The article reports that a 10 percent overloading damages the road surface 40 percent more than approved load weights. Such systems allow for a number of measurements about vehicles, such as number of axles, length of vehicles, class, speed, and direction of motion. The software that operates these machines is also discussed. Using a PC-based package, the quartz sensors are interfaced with the computer software, loop detectors, and camera apparatus, with the computer archiving and processing all relevant information. The article also describes a second layer of software that is for remote sophisticated processing of WIM-related data.

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• Authors:
  • Cornu, David
  • Awan, Anwar
  • Ahmed, Ijaz
  • Doupal, Emil
• Publication Date: 2006-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Illustrations; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 110-111
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated toll collection; Automatic vehicle detection and identification systems; Sensors; Weigh in motion
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01036547
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 1 2006 7:27AM