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The Effect of Axle Load Limit on the Pavement Maintenance Cost
Ni Fujian, Deng Xuejun
1999, 18(2):
27-31.
Based on the statistic data and prediction data of the vehicles in China, the axle load distribution models of four axle load limits were developed.According to pavement types and axle load distributions of different axle load limits, the pavement life was calculated.In the case of the main highway's (national and provincial highway) mileage, grades, past years, pavement types and maintenance approaches in China, the annual maintenance cost of different axle load limits was estimated.The results showed that axle load limit affected the pavement maintenance cost greatly, especially, when axle load limit reached 13 ton, the annual pavement maintenance cost would increase greatly.And, the axle load limit becomes bigger, and the enforcement level will become more sensitive to pavement maintenance cost.
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