Study of the Impacts of Implements of Husbandry on Bridges

The objective of this study is to determine how the implements of husbandry distribute their load within a bridge structural system and to provide recommendations for accurately analyzing bridges for these loading effects. To achieve this objective the distribution of live load and dynamic impact effects for different types of agricultural vehicles will be determined by load testing and evaluating two general types of bridges. The types of equipment studied will include but will not be limited to; grain wagons/grain carts, manure tank wagons, agriculture fertilizer applicators, and tractors. Once the effect of these vehicles has been determined, recommendations for the analysis of bridges for these non-traditional vehicles will be developed.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/460

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $320000
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(232)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155

  Nebraska Department of Transportation

  1500 Highway 2
  P.O. Box 94759
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68509-4759

  Wisconsin Department of Transportation

  PO Box 7910
  4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 104
  Madison, WI  United States  53707-7910

  Oklahoma Transportation

  200 NE 21st Street
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73105
• Project Managers:

  Clute, Khyle

• Start Date: 20110401
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20160531
• Source Data: RiP Project 42026

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Farm tractors; Farm vehicles; Highway bridges; Live loads; Structural analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge rating; Structural elements
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01566843
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(232)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 2015 1:02AM