PURPOSES : This study is to analyze the reduction effect on road pavement damage from the installation of weigh-in-motion systems used for overloaded vehicle enforcement, from the perspective of traffic assignment. METHODS : Fixed-demand multi-class traffic assignment was conducted by VISUM, a macroscopic traffic simulation software. We considered three vehicle classes and calculated the traffic load for each road link using the ESAL(Equivalent Single Wheel Load) factor, as proposed by ASHTTO(American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials). We set up scenarios with weigh-in-motion installations in certain sections and observed how the traffic load changed before and after the installation of weigh-in-motion for each scenario. RESULTS : Three main trends were observed. Firstly, at points where weigh-in-motion systems were installed, traffic load significantly decreased even with the influx of cars and trucks following the restriction of overloaded trucks, highlighting the significant influence of overweight vehicles on the traffic load. Secondly, even when overweight vehicles detoured, there was no significant change in the overall network's traffic load. Lastly, the detour of overweight vehicles led to an increase in the total driving distance and time for all vehicles. CONCLUSIONS : Installing weigh-in-motion systems in sections with a lower structure number, which indicates thinner road pavement, can prevent damage in those specific areas without affecting the entire road network.

PURPOSES : This study estimated the load effect of a single heavy truck to develop a live load model for the design and assessment of bridges located on an expressway with a limited truck entry weight. METHODS: The statistical estimation methods for the live load effect acting on a bridge by a heavy vehicle are reviewed, and applications using the actual measurement data for trucks traveling on an expressway are presented. The weight estimation of a single vehicle and its effect on a bridge are fundamental elements in the construction of a live load model. Two statistical estimation methods for the application of extrapolation in a probabilistic study and an additional estimation method that adopts the extreme value theory are reviewed. RESULTS : The proposed methods are applied to the traffic data measured on an expressway. All of the estimation methods yield similar results using the data measured when the weight limit has been relatively well observed because of the rigid enforcement of the weight regulation. On the other hand, when the estimations are made using overweight traffic data, the resulting values differ with the estimation method. CONCLUSIONS: The estimation methods based on the extreme distribution theory and the modified procedure presented in this paper can yield reasonable values for the maximum weight of a single truck, which can be applied in both the design and evaluation of a bridge on an expressway.

Overloaded vehicles can cause damage to structures like bridges and road pavement, which amy subsequently cause serious accidents due to the breakage. The smart bearings suggested to control overloaded vehicles can be used to obtain various information about the crossing vehicles. This paper intends to check the possibility to measure traffic loads using smart bearings.

This study represented simulation that analyzes extreme load effect based on reasonable probability model reflected actual traffic characteristics on a bridge. Through its simulation, vehicular loads for load carrying capacity assessment were developed by considering traffic characteristics and remaining service life, various structure. According to the analysis results on traffic characteristics through its simulation, extreme load effect tended to increase as the traffic volume and heavy vehicle proportion increase.

본 연구에서는 강거더 연속교에 대해 국내외 설계기준에 규정되어 있는 활하중으로 인한 충격계수를 실험을 통해 검증하였다. 대부분의 도로교의 설계기준에서는 도로교의 경우 충격계수를 약 0.3 정도의 값으로 규정하고 있으나, 연속교의 경우에는 명확한 규정 및 명시가 없는 상황이다. 그러므로 단순교에 적용되는 충격계수를 연속교에 동일하게 적용하는 것이 일반적이다. 이 연구에서는 현장실험을 통해 연속교의 충격계수가 단순교에 적용되는 경우와 같이 사용될 수 있는지를 검증하였다. 현장실험 결과 얻어진 충격계수는 2차선 교량에서 1대의 만재트럭이 통과했을 경우 가장 하중이 많이 작용한 거더에서 0.2 이내의 충격계수가 계측되었으며, 2개의 차선을 통시에 만재트럭이 통과한 경우 그 충격계수는 0.05 이내의 값을 얻었다.

Degree of damage of the bridge and safety level is closely related to the characteristics of the lifetime maximum load effect that occur on the bridge. Maximum load effect is dominated by traffic characteristics such as heavy vehicle composition and daily traffic volume. The purpose of the study is to analyze the structural characteristics of vehicle loading based on survey data collected, in which some major factors, such as vehicle configurations, vehicle wieghts, traffic modes by the probabilistic approach. Then, this study perform analysis of the safety level as compared with design criteria domestic highway bridges the current regulations are enclosed.

교량의 설계에 있어서 정확한 하중의 산정은 교량의 안전성 확보에 가장 핵심적인 사항이며 향후 유지관리 측면에서도 매우 중요하다. 교량구조물에서 차량에 의한 하중효과는 주로 활하중(충격하중 포함) 및 피로하중으로 나타난다. 이들 하중의 정형화를 위해서는 실제 교량상을 주행하는 중차량의 중량 및 통행특성을 정확히 파악하는 것이 중요하다. 이를 위해서 주행중인 차량을 정지시키지 않고 중량을 계측할 수 있는 시스템(Bridge Weigh-In-Motion, BWIM)의 개발이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 기능을 갖는 BWIM시스템을 국내실정에 맞게 개발하고 이를 고속도로상의 교량에서 검증하였다.