A wheel load measuring mat of total length 38 m, incorporating 96 capacitative strip Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) sensors was installed on a test track in the USA. A total of 612 test runs was performed on seven different articulated heavy vehicles, for a range of speeds between 8 km/h and 85 km/h. The wheel force data was analysed to investigate the performance of the individual sensors and the design and performance of WIM arrays with up to six sensors. The strip sensors were found to be very reliable and to measure the dynamic wheel loads with an accuracy of better than 4% RMS. A theory was developed for the design of multiple-sensor WIM systems and the experimental results were found to agree closely with the theoretical predictions. It is concluded that a good design for multiple-sensor WIM systems is to use 3 sensors, spaced evenly along the road. The sensors should be spaced according to a simple formula which depends only on the average traffic speed. The expected static axle load estimation errors for such a system are likely to be 30% to 50% of the errors of a single-sensor WIM system.


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    Title :

    Study of Road Damage Due to Dynamic Wheel Loads Using a Load Measuring Mat. Volume 1. Experimental Program, Multiple-Sensor Weigh-in-Motion


    Contributors:
    D. Cebon (author) / C. B. Winkler (author)

    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    147 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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