A PROFILE BASED TRUCK DYNAMIC LOAD （基于配置文件的卡车动态加载）.pdf

7th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Weights Dimensions Delft. The Netherlands • .June 16 - 20. 2002 A PROFILE BASED TRUCK DYNAMIC LOAD INDEX (DLI) Karim Chatti , Michigan State University, Dept. of Civil Environmental Engineering, 3546 Engineering Building Doseung Lee , Michigan State University , Dept. of Civil Environmental Engineering, 3546 Engineering Building ABSTRACT In this paper , a new roughness index called the Dynamic Load Index (DLI) is developed for the purpose of identifying pavement profiles that are likely to generate high dynamic truck-axle loads. The DLI is calculated as a weighted index of variances of the profile elevation in the frequency ranges 1.5-4 Hz and 8-15 Hz. The first frequency range corresponds to truck body bounce, while the second frequency range corresponds to axle bounce . The analysis showed a very good relationship between DLI and dynamic load. The DLI was tested on a range of road profiles from in-service pavements, and it was found that for any particular value of ride quality index (RQI), the DLI can cover a wide range of values , and this variation in DLI was found to correlate very well with dynamic load, as predicted by a truck simulation program. This was not the case for the International Roughness Index ORI) , which gave a low coefficient of correlation with dynamic load for the same range of profiles. Therefore, the new index can differentiate between profiles that generate high dynamic loads and those having the same RQI but generating low dynamic loads. Most importantly, the use of the DLI index negates the need for running a truck simulation program. This makes it possible for a state highway agency to decide whether a particular pavement