Specialized hauling vehicles (SHVs) are short heavy trucks within the legal weight limits but induce higher load effects than routine commercial loads. The Manual for Bridge Evaluation (MBE) adopted a series of single-unit trucks (SUs) to represent this type of vehicle. However, the SUs were introduced without rigorous reliability-based analysis due to the lack of data on SHVs. With the availability of vast amounts of data on weigh-in-motion (WIM) truck weights and configurations, the reliability of steel bridges under the SHVs should be evaluated in a more robust and quantitative manner. Through the utilization of WIM data, the authors quantified the SHVs in terms of percentages of SHVs among all truck traffic, daily average counts of SHVs, and number of axles. The gross vehicle weights (GVWs) and typical configurations of SHVs were investigated. In addition, their load effects were determined and normalized by the corresponding SUs. The maximum live loads corresponding to a return period of 5 years were also extrapolated using normal probability paper (NPP). To evaluate the effectiveness of current load-rating procedures for SHVs, the authors investigated the relationship between the load-rating factors and the corresponding reliability indices for existing bridges using the developed live load parameters based on the WIM data. Results indicated that the current live load factors were not able to provide a uniform and appropriate reliability index at different average daily truck traffic (ADTT) scenarios. This paper thus proposes new live load factors and weight adjustments of SU trucks to provide an adequate and uniform safety margin for the evaluation of steel bridges.


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    Title :

    Reliability Assessment of Steel Bridges for Specialized Hauling Vehicles


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record


    Contributors:
    Lou, Peng (author) / Gao, Dongjian (author) / Nassif, Hani (author) / Reddy, Mula (author)


    Publication date :

    2019-07-07




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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