A Trucking Primer for the Public Works Community

Abstract

Those individuals who design, build and maintain our nation's highways understand how and why a pavement behaves as it does; however, they are often not overly informed about the characteristics of one of the largest users of highways. This paper looks at one of the primary factors in pavement deterioration, trucks. It defines and explains several design parameters in truck construction and presents the design logic used with those parameters. A review of truck oriented legislation an introduction to enforcement procedures as practiced by the Washington State Patrol is provided. Additionally, the results of a survey of northwestern truckers are presented. Few conclusions are drawn in that the goal of this paper was to provide insight into the trucking industry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA216771

Entities

People

  • Robert R. Pete

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automobiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Commerce
  • Construction
  • Construction Equipment
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Leaf Springs
  • Maintenance Management
  • Measurement
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Surface Transportation
  • Towing Vehicles
  • Tractors
  • Transportation

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design