Vehicle Load [SIG]

General

Bridge: The bridge alignment the vehicle load is applied to. Typically set to the active Bridge Alignment.

Stage: Construction or service stage at which the vehicle load acts. Selected from the stages defined under Construction.

Station: Station along the PGL where the vehicle is placed. Enter a length value.

Transverse Offset: Transverse offset, perpendicular to the PGL, that defines the lateral position of the vehicle load. Positive values shift the load to the right when looking upstation.

Vehicle: Vehicles can either be imported or manually defined by the user under Influence Surface-Based Live Load/Braking Load/Centrifugal Load and assigned here. A typical default is the HL-93 design truck.

Force (Gravity) (readonly): The gross vehicle weight of the chosen vehicle is displayed to the user under this column. (Read-only)