Combination Vehicles

Combination Vehicles
Author: K. W. Ogden
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1989
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780677259000

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Motor Truck Engineering Handbook

Motor Truck Engineering Handbook
Author: James Fitch
Publisher: SAE International
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1993-11-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 076802417X

This fourth edition updates the basic truck engineering data from previous editions and introduces the latest advancements in electronic applications to truck power trains and operations, assuring optimum performance and economy with a safer and cleaner environment. Useful data from official government tests on anti-lock brakes and traction enhance this edition. Likewise, environmental concerns are addressed through the use of non-polluting vehicles using alternative fuels and electrical energy.

New Trucks for Greater Productivity and Less Road Wear

New Trucks for Greater Productivity and Less Road Wear
Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1990
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780309049634

TRB Special Report 227 - New Trucks for Greater Productivity and Less Road Wear: An Evaluation of the Turner Proposal evaluates the approach to regulation of the size and weight of trucks using U.S. roads known as the Turner Proposal. This approach had its origin in a proposal put forth in a 1984 address to AASHTO by former Federal Highway Administrator Francis C. Turner. The approach evaluated by the committee differs in an important respect from Turner's original concept: in the committee's approach, use of the new trucks would be voluntary; that is, truck operators would be offered the choice of continuing with existing equipment and weight rules or adopting the new trucks with the new weight regulations. The committee designed a package of changes in size and weight limits, safety restrictions, and procedures regarding bridge deficiencies, routing, and enforcement that would be a practical regulatory scheme for implementing the Turner concept. The committee recommends that every state, with careful assessment of the risks and uncertainties, consider this proposal as a supplement to current size and weight regulations. If Turner trucks were adopted in all states according to the recommended rules, they would reduce the cost of shipping freight and would not degrade safety. The total cost of maintaining the road system would be reduced, although pavement wear savings would be partially offset by higher bridge costs. The committee that carried out this study identified two truck configurations outside the weight and length limits established by federal law that would offer greater productivity without increasing infrastructure or safety costs. These vehicles formed the basis for the configurations recommended in a later (2002) TRB report, Special Report 267: Regulation of Weights, lengths, and Widths of Commercial Motor Vehicles.

Subject Catalog

Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1038
Release: 1977
Genre: Catalogs, Subject
ISBN: