Evaluation of Truck Factors for Pavement Design in Developing Countries

Luis g. Fuentes; Luis F. Macea; Alfonso Vergara; Gerardo w. Flintsch; Allex e. Alvarez; Oscar j. Reyes

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.963

Evaluation of Truck Factors for Pavement Design in Developing Countries

Luis g. Fuentes, Luis F. Macea, Alfonso Vergara, Gerardo w. Flintsch, Allex e. Alvarez, Oscar j. Reyes

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The traffic represents a fundamental parameter used in the analysis and design of pavement structures. In order to simplify the characterization of the traffic variable for pavement structural analysis and design, the vehicle axles are converted to a number of 80 kN Equivalent Single Axle Loads (ESALs) through the Load Equivalency Factors (LEF). A Truck Factor represents the ESALs applications per commercial vehicle. This study determined the Truck Factors for commercial vehicles operating in Colombia. The high Truck Factor values found in this investigation could be used to explain the current critical condition of Colombian road infrastructure.

Original language	English
Article number	53
Pages (from-to)	1141-1150
Number of pages	9
Journal	Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume	53
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.963
State	Published - 01 Oct 2012
Externally published	Yes

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