Axle load variations and vehicle growth projection models for safety assessment of transportation structures

Transport

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-37

  Sriramula, Srinivas ^a   Menon, Devdas ^b   Prasad, Anumolu Meher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Axle load spectra; Bridge safety; GDP per capita; Nonlinear least squares; Pavement design; Population growth; Probabilistic modeling; Vehicle ownership; Vehicle weight

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

AXLE LOAD SPECTRA; BRIDGE SAFETY; GDP PER CAPITA; NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES; PAVEMENT DESIGN; POPULATION GROWTH; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; VEHICLE OWNERSHIP;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 34047100286     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16484142.2007.9638093     Document Type: Article

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