Due to increased vehicle weight and the need to increase load carrying capacity, interest has been shown to increase the AVLB's load rating without any design changes. This may have an adverse effect on the AVLB's fatigue life.
Fatigue Life Prediction for Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) for MLC 70 and MLC 80 Loads
2008
44 pages
Report
No indication
English
Civil Engineering , Structural Mechanics , Fatigue life , Predictions , Military bridges , Stresses , Girder bridges , Loads(Forces) , Strain(Mechanics) , Fracture(Mechanics) , Avlb(Armored vehicle launched bridge) , Mlc(Military load class) , Gap defeat equipment , Load carrying capacity , Assault bridges