Ultra-heavy axle loads: Design and management strategies for mine pavements

The drive for greater cost efficiencies in surface mining has led to the development of ultra-heavy off highway trucks currently capable of hauling payloads of 345 tons. Typical axle loads in excess of 400 tons are applied to unpaved mine haul roads that have historically been designed empirically...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Roger
Other Authors: Greg Martin, Exec Director, PATREC
Format: Conference Paper
Published: PATREC 2009
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Online Access:http://www.patrec.uwa.edu.au/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20368