H20 and H20-44
H20 and H20-44
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any difference between H20 and H20-44?
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RE: H20 and H20-44
RE: H20 and H20-44
If my memory serves me correctly...
With HS20, you have a 20 ton vehicle with 4 tons on the front axle, and 16 tons on the rear dual or single axle combination. I would have to look at the sketch to see the distance between axles.
With the HS20-44, you have a 44 foot overall length, 14 foot tractor and a 30 foot trailer, with 4 tons on the front axle and 8 tons on the rear of the tractor at the hitch, and 8 tons on the rear axle. There are tweeks to this arrangement too.
You can verify this either with AASHTO or the 1963 California Highway Design Manual. I know - dating myself here.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: H20 and H20-44
In both cases the "44" stands for 1944, the year the loading was adopted.
H20 truck is a 20T truck; two axles, 4T & 16T, spaced at 14'.
HS20 is a 36T truck It's the H20 truck with an additional 16T axle with a variable spacing of 14' to 30', whichever produces maximum stress.
RE: H20 and H20-44
Is this the loading used to design bridges today? If I remember correctly, you can increase and decrease the load proportionally to allow for larger vehicles. Is H20-44 and HS20-44 the load used most often to design bridges today?
RE: H20 and H20-44
2) HS20 was the standard AASHTO loading that consisted of the truck or the lane load. The LRFD HL-93 is the LRFD AASHTO loading.
RE: H20 and H20-44
AASHTO H-20, HS-20. . .
thread165-182712: AASHTO H-20, HS-20. . .
Or, you could relent and just Google it.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering