Implementation of weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems.

Details

• Creators:
  Szary, Patrick J. ; Maher, Ali
• Corporate Creators:
  New Jersey Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Motor Vehicle Scales--New Jersey Weigh In Motion Weigh In Motion Scales
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-NJ-2009-001
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New Jersey
• Edition:
  Final report; 6/14/2000-12/31/2006.
• Corporate Publisher:
  New Jersey. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  This research finished the development and implementation of a novel and durable, higher voltage,
  
  and lower temperature dependant weigh-in-motion (WIM) sensor that was begun under an earlier
  
  research project. These better sensors will require fewer lane closings and replacements than the
  
  existing sensors. They will also aid the Departments of Transportation to better identify those
  
  vehicles, which use the nations major highways, that do not comply with the current weight
  
  restrictions that are placed on larger vehicles. The primary focus of the research was to create a full
  
  scale WIM sensor that is less temperature dependent and more durable than traditional WIM sensors.
  
  Traditionally, the data collected from the sensor may be utilized in two ways. The first is by using
  
  static vehicle effects on the sensor, which corresponds to the weight of the vehicle, this data can be
  
  used for enforcement of the vehicle legal weight limits. The second is by using the dynamic loading
  
  of the sensor, which relates to the actual loading that the roadway is experiencing, this data will be
  
  useful to engineers who must design the roadway as well as plan for repair schedules. However, there
  
  is a growing trend to broaden the use of WIM data and use the data to its fullest extent. Instead of just
  
  using WIM data to screen commercial vehicles or for pavement design; there is a new recognition
  
  that good data can be useful for bridge structural analysis, safety analysis, traffic control and
  
  operations, freight management and operations, facility planning and programming, and standards
  
  and policy enforcement as per the recent report “Effective Use of Weigh-in-Motion Data, the
  
  Netherlands Case Study” FHWA October 2007. In lieu of this development, the need for better
  
  sensors to provide good data is more important today than ever before.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fbfda8946dfe14b60f970359c9254c818353fc1c537f3af2a933f45cb7f9ec10
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  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17165/dot_17165_DS1.pdf
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