Using weigh-in-motion data to determine aggressiveness of traffic for bridge loading

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-239

  Obrien, Eugene J ^a   Enright, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bridge loads; Load factors; Simulation models; Weight

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; BRIDGE LOADING; BRIDGE LOADS; CHARACTERISTIC VALUE; DESIGN VALUE; EUROCODES; GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT; LOAD EFFECTS; LOAD FACTORS; MEAN MAXIMUMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SHEAR FORCE; SIMULATION MODEL; TRAFFIC LOADING; TWO-LANE TRAFFIC; WEIGH-IN-MOTION DATUM; WEIGHT; WIM MEASUREMENTS;

BRIDGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOADS (FORCES); MONTE CARLO METHODS; SHEAR FLOW; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; WEIGH-IN-MOTION (WIM);

LOADING;

EID: 84874595192     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000368     Document Type: Article

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