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Effects of Traffic Loads on Road Bridges - Preliminary Studies for the Re-Asessment of the Traffic Load Model for Eurocode 1, Part 3.
Date Issued
1998
Date Available
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Abstract
WIM has developed greatly in the last ten years and confidence in the accuracy of recorded data has
increased significantly. Traffic data recently obtained from a number of representative European sites
are used to re-calibrate the codified main load model of the European bridge loading code, Eurocode
1 Part 3. A wide range of real and virtual bridge forms were chosen for the study. Simulations were
performed using free-flowing and jammed traffic. Load effects generated were determined and
statistical extrapolations were performed, where appropriate, to determine characteristic values for the
load effects. Some of the assumptions used in the derivation of the original loading model were reassessed.
increased significantly. Traffic data recently obtained from a number of representative European sites
are used to re-calibrate the codified main load model of the European bridge loading code, Eurocode
1 Part 3. A wide range of real and virtual bridge forms were chosen for the study. Simulations were
performed using free-flowing and jammed traffic. Load effects generated were determined and
statistical extrapolations were performed, where appropriate, to determine characteristic values for the
load effects. Some of the assumptions used in the derivation of the original loading model were reassessed.
Type of Material
Conference Publication
Publisher
European Communities
Start Page
231
End Page
242
Copyright (Published Version)
1998
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
Journal
E.J. O'Brien & B. Jabob (eds.). Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Weigh-in-Motion of Road Vehicles
Conference Details
2nd European Conference on Weigh-in-Motion of Road Vehicles, Lisbon, 14th - 16th September, 1998, European Commission, Luxembourg
ISBN
9282836770
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