TEXAS PROCEDURE FOR WEIGHING TRUCKS IN MOTION

This report presents a review of the procedures developed in Texas for weighing trucks in motion. The Texas procedure features a portable strain gage scale installed in the pavement, with the electronic equipment used for analysis placed in a nearby van. Pavement roughness and the motion characteristics of vehicles are probably limiting factors that restrict the accuracy of any weigh-in-motion scale. However, these limitations do not appear to affect the usefulness of weighting-in-motion for pavement design purposes. It is essential to calibrate the weigh-in-motion equipment, using a truck of known platform weight, before each operation. The present procedures of obtaining static weights during the summer only may introduce substantially more error than the limitation of the weigh-in-motion equipment.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • McCann, H
  • Dean, E
  • Bodle, R
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 25 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 36

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Motion; Pavement design; Pavements; Smoothness; Strain gages; Trucks; Weighing devices; Weight measurement
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement smoothness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00263056
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 12 1974 12:00AM