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Considering Traffic Growth in Characteristic Bridge Load Effect Calculations
Date Issued
2016-06-07
Date Available
2018-02-20T17:41:52Z
Abstract
Traffic volumes and weights increase with time. This is an important consideration in order toaccurately calculate characteristic load effects for the design and assessment of bridges. A modeling approach is presented which can allow for future growth of truck weights and volumes when assessing truck loading on bridges. Weigh-in-motion data from a site in the Netherlands is used as an example to demonstrate traffic growth at that site. In assessing the effect of growth on characteristic load effects, different growth rates for both truck volumes and truck weights are considered. It is found that growth of truck weights has considerablymore influence although growth in truck volumes also has a significant effect.
Other Sponsorship
National road administrations of Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, UK and Slovenia
Type of Material
Conference Publication
Publisher
CRC Press
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Part of
Bittencourt, T.N., Frangopol, D.M., Beck, A.T. Maintenance, Monitoring, Safety, Risk and Resilience of Bridges and Bridge Networks
Conference Details
8th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety & Management, IABMAS2016, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, 26-30 June 2016
ISBN
9781138028517
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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