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Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

Traffic Loadings

• The standard axle load, Ls, is equivalent to 80 kN or 8200 kg or 18,000 pounds.

• One application of a load L, is equivalent in terms of damage to F applications of the

standard load Ls where

e = F = (L/Ls) 4

 Consider only commercial vehicles CV (BTM > 1.5 ton, 3 ton for RN31)

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Prepared by : SITI ZURAIFA BINTI MD SAH, zuraifa@pmu.edu.my