Protocols for collecting and using traffic data in bridge design
By: Bala Sivakumar (HNTB Corporation), Michel Ghosn, Fred Moses, TranSystems Corporation
Contributors: Ghosn, Michel; Moses, Fred; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; United States. Federal Highway Administration; HNTB Corporation; TranSystems Corporation
Series: NCHRP report -- 683; Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) -- 683.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780309155472
Subjects: Bridges; Traffic data; Traffic surveys; Data processing; Traffic monitoring; Design and construction
Description: TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 683: Protocols for Collecting and Using Traffic Data in Bridge Design explores a set of protocols and methodologies for using available recent truck traffic data to develop and calibrate vehicular loads for superstructure design, fatigue design, deck design, and design for overload permits.     The protocols are geared to address the collection, processing, and use of national weigh-in-motion (WIM) data. The report also gives practical examples of implementing these protocols with recent national WIM data drawn from states/sites around the country with different traffic exposures, load spectra, and truck configurations. The material in this report will be of immediate interest to bridge engineers.     This report replaces NCHRP Web-Only Document 135: Protocols for Collecting and Using Traffic Data in Bridge Design.    Appendices A through F for NCHRP Report 683 are available only online.
Notes: At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

"Sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-115).

Also available online, with Appendices A-F (available online only).

Performed under NCHRP Project 12-76(01).
Table of contents: title: Background; title: Research Approach; title: Findings and Applications; title: Conclusions and Suggested Research.