MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAFFIC LOADS TOMEI EXPRESSWAY

Abstract

Recently, fatigue damage of steel road bridges is reported and their design method is going to shift from the allowable stress design method to the ultimate-strength design method. For this investigation, it is necessary to understand the actual characteristics of the traffic load accurately. This paper has made clear the characteristics of traffic lane and classified vehicle traffic load, respectively, as a result of analyzing a long term calculation of Tomei Expressway data from load cells.