Dynamic Interaction of Vehicles and Infrastructure Experiment (Divine): Overview and Results

The importance of vehicle dynamics in road design and management has only recently been recognised, as a result of increasing attention to infrastructure and vehicle operating costs brought about by traffic growth, pavement deterioration and vehicle innovations to enhance productivity and economic pressures. In 1992, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) established Scientific Expert Group IR6 to initiate and undertake a co-ordinated international research programme investigating the effect of vehicle dynamic loading on pavement deterioration and bridges, called the Dynamic Interaction of Yehicle and Infrastructure Experiment (DIVINE). The experiment consists of six inter-linked research elements undertaken by researchers from more than ten countries. This paper describes briefly the research, primary research questions addressed, results and policy implications.