Publicación: HEAVY LOAD TRUCKS AND ITS IMPACT IN LIFE CYCLE OF ASPHALT PAVEMENTS
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2012
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Revista de la Construccion
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IN RECENT YEARS A DISCUSSION OF THE TECHNICAL-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF INTRODUCE THE HEAVY LOAD TRUCKS (CAT) IN GOODS TRANSPORT FLEET WAS STARTED. THIS TRUCK CONFIGURATIONS OVERPASS THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT OF 45 T PERMITTED IN CHILE. IN CHILE THERE NOT EXIST EXPERIENCE OF USING THIS TYPE OF TRUCKS, WHENCE IS RELEVANT TO STUDY THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF IT OVER THE INTERURBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM.
THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF HEAVY LOAD TRUCKS OVER ASPHALT PAVEMENTS. USING A MECHANISTIC-EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK, THE IMPACT OF TWO TYPES OF CAT, LONG AND SHORT BITRÉN, AND A ONE AND TWO UNITS 45 TONS TRUCKS WERE COMPARED ALONG THE LIFE-CYCLE OF THE PAVEMENT.......
