Download or read book Road Simulator Study of Heavy-vehicle Wheel Forces written by Donald A. Streit and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main objective of the study was to investigate the effects of vehicle and road characteristics on dynamic forces applied by heavy vehicles on pavement. The work conducted under this contract can be divided into three major areas: (1) development of equipment necessary for the testing program, (2) performance of the tests, and (3) analysis of the test results. The three main pieces of equipment used in this study were a road simulator, a two-axle truck, and a wheel force transducer.