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https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27432/critical-issues-in-transportation-for-2024-and-beyond

WEIGH-IN-MOTION OF ROAD VEHICLES - FINAL REPORT (1993-1998)

Recent decades have seen a rapid increase in road and motorway traffic and a major expansion in the number of heavy goods vehicles on European roads. The weights of vehicles affect the design and maintenance of roads and bridges, the safe operation of the vehicles and the efficiency of vehicle operation The development of weigh in motion (WIM) (for the estimation of axle and vehicle weights as lorries travel at full highway speed) has been ongoing for the last 20 years, initially in France and the UK in Europe. However, in the late 80's, WIM systems still had limited accuracy and/or too high cost, and their durability in many circumstances were not known; therefore they were used only in 6 or 7 European countries. Ten years after, WIM systems are in use in over 20 European countries, and the COST 323 action contributed to this evolution. In 1992 the Forum of National Highway Research Laboratories (FEHRL) proposed a programme of strategic research to the Directorate General of Transport of the European Commission. The main objectives of COST 323 were: to produce an inventory of WIM needs and requirements in Europe; to collect information on and to evaluate WIM systems and sensors; to develop a European technical specification for WIM and a glossary of terms; to agree on the mechanisms and protocols for and setting up a pan-European database of WIM sites and data; to produce state-of-the-art reports and recommendations on the application of WIM to traffic management, bridge and pavement engineering, and enforcement; to collect and disseminate technical information; this objective included the link with the International OECD/DIVINE project (Dynamic Interaction between Vehicles and INfrastructures Experiment), from 1993 until 1996. This report summaries the main outputs from COST 323. These were: a glossary of terms; a report on the needs and requirements for WIM in Europe; reports on applications of WIM; a draft European Specification for WIM systems; European tests of WIM systems; and a database of European WIM sites. (A)

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    Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)

    Boulevard Lefebvre 58
    Paris Cedex 15,   France  F-75732
  • Publication Date: 2002

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  • English

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: 538 p.
  • Serial:
    • COST 323
    • Publisher: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00930398
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
  • ISBN: 2-7208-1598-5
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Sep 5 2002 12:00AM