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This synthesis will be of interest to state department of transportation and consulting bridge, structural, and research engineers. The synthesis describes the current state of the practice for determining dynamic impact factors for bridges. Information for the synthesis was collected by surveying U.S. and Canadian transportation agencies and by conducting a literature search using domestic and foreign sources. This report of the Transportation Research Board documents relevant background and recent information with regard to vehicular dynamic load effects on bridges. It provides details on the basic concepts of bridge dynamics, including identification of the main variables affecting bridge dynamic response. In addition, current code provisions for accounting for vehicular dynamic load effects for new bridge design and load evaluation of existing bridges are reported, including a discussion on the background of the provisions. Finally, a discussion of observed field problems associated with vehicular dynamic load effects, as obtained from the survey, are included.
This paper deals with the review of impact or dynamic allowance factors for highway bridges that are being implemented by various countries around the world. This review has specifically emphasized the field results of other researchers and concluded that most of the studies have noted that the current American Association of State Highways and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Specifications grossly underestimate the impact factors for highway bridges. The review of impact factors herein has concluded further that the AASHTO Specifications on impact for highway bridges are a function only on the span length, even though many other important parameters (for example, road roughness, vehicle and bridge dynamics) play a major role in terms of bridge dynamics.
Discusses "the safety concepts which form the basis of modern bridge design and assessment codes" and "the background work carried out in the development of the new UK bridge and route-specific traffic loading requirements, and the proposed whole life performance-based assessment rules" -- Preface.
This book provides a detailed examination of all aspects of traffic loading and describes how design and assessment methods have evolved to deal with them.