Load Rating for NC Legal Vehicles
The proposed research will develop a methodology to optimize the list of Legal NC Vehicles that that have been defined by the NC General Statutes (GS §20-118). Currently, North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) lists of rating vehicles consists of 13 vehicles that can travel legally on interstate highways and 16 vehicles that can travel legally in non-interstate highways. The process of determining the controlling load rating (or vehicle) is cumbersome, especially on multi-span bridges. The Structures Management Unit is in need of a methodology that optimizes the current GS §20-118 vehicles and allows for determining future representative legal vehicles if the NC General Statutes are amended. To address the aforementioned needs, this research will be conducted to: (1) Develop a methodology to optimize representative NC legal vehicles; (2) Evaluate and optimize current representative NC legal vehicles based on single and multi-span bridges; and (3) Develop an automated computer model for developing NC legal vehicles that can be incorporated into the current analysis and load rating software used by the Structures Management Unit.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Project is completed but no report was generated(LWJ).
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $84000
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Contract Numbers:
FHWA/NC/2017-07
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Sponsor Organizations:
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Research and Development
1549 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC United States 27699-1549 -
Managing Organizations:
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Research and Development
1549 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC United States 27699-1549 -
Project Managers:
Kirby, John
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Performing Organizations:
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC United States 28223-0001 -
Principal Investigators:
Nicholas, Thomas
- Start Date: 20160801
- Expected Completion Date: 20170731
- Actual Completion Date: 20170731
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computer models; Highway bridges; Legal factors; Load factor; Methodology; Motor vehicles; Optimization; Software
- Identifier Terms: North Carolina Department of Transportation
- Geographic Terms: North Carolina
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01611243
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: North Carolina Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: FHWA/NC/2017-07
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Sep 22 2016 1:30PM