Bridge Rating for Vehicles with Grandfather Provisions

Abstract To ensure bridge safety under vehicular traffic, the owners must systematically verify the adequacy of bridge live load-carrying capacity. Bridges are evaluated for design, legal, and perm...

[1]  Geoffrey J. McLachlan,et al.  Characteristic traffic load effects from a mixture of loading events on short to medium span bridges , 2008 .

[2]  Andrzej S. Nowak,et al.  Comparison of Bridge Live Loads in US and Europe , 2018, Structural Engineering International.

[3]  Andrzej S. Nowak,et al.  DYNAMIC LOAD SPECTRA FOR GIRDER BRIDGES , 1995 .

[4]  Michel Ghosn,et al.  Legal Truck Loads and AASHTO Legal Loads for Posting , 2007 .

[5]  Christopher D. Eamon,et al.  Load Truncation Approach for Development of Live-Load Factors for Bridge Rating , 2020 .

[6]  Michel Ghosn,et al.  Protocols for Collecting and Using Traffic Data in Bridge Design , 2008 .

[7]  Michel Ghosn,et al.  Development of State-Specific Load and Resistance Factor Rating Method , 2013 .

[8]  Gongkang Fu,et al.  Vehicular Overloads: Load Model, Bridge Safety, and Permit Checking , 2000 .

[9]  David Veneziano,et al.  Montana Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) and Automatic Traffic Recorder (ATR) Strategy [Final Report] , 2017 .

[10]  Przemyslaw Rakoczy,et al.  WIM-based live load for bridges , 2012 .

[11]  Bala Sivakumar,et al.  State-Specific LRFR Live Load Factors Using Weigh-in-Motion Data , 2008 .

[12]  Eugene J. O'Brien,et al.  Using Weigh-in-Motion Data to Determine Aggressiveness of Traffic for Bridge Loading , 2013 .

[13]  Michel Ghosn,et al.  Procedure for Statistical Categorization of Overweight Vehicles in a WIM Database , 2014 .

[14]  John R Stone,et al.  NCDOT Quality Control Methods for Weigh-in-Motion Data , 2011 .