Research Article
Jul 1957
Highway Bridge Live Loads Based on Laws of Chance
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Method based on elementary probability theory for estimating live load frequencies on bridges that may be expected from various types and levels of heavy motor vehicle operation; objective is to provide simple mathematical basis for estimating how often any specified sequence of group of vehicles might be expected to occur as result of given compositions, volumes, and speeds of traffic.
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Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 83 • Issue 4 • July 1957
Pages: 1314-1 - 1314-23
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© 1957 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Henson K. Stephenson
Research Engr., Texas Transportation Inst., and Prof. of Structural Eng., Texas Agri. & Mech. College, College Station, Tex.
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