The axle load of a wheeled vehicle is the total weight bearing on the roadway for all wheels connected to a given axle. Axle load is an important design...
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4-6-2, 16.75-ton axle load Class WM: 2-6-4T, 16.25-ton axle load Class WT: 2-8-4T, 18.00-ton axle load Class WU: 2-4-2T, 16.50-ton axle load Class WV: 2-6-2T...
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weight, number of axles, axle spacing, and axle load. In addition to the standard hypothetical wheeled vehicles, a maximum single-axle load is specified for...
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bus), or more rarely, four (known as a quad-axle bus). Extra axles are usually added for legal axle load restriction reasons, or to accommodate different...
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oversized transportation. There may also be load-per-axle limits. However, a load that exceeds the per-axle limits but not the overall weight limits is...
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exception to this rule is the independent (rear) swing axle suspension, wherein the half-axles are also load-bearing suspension arms. Independent drive-trains...
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differential or axle housing. It reinforces a solid axle so that it does not bend or break when the axle's load rating is exceeded. A larger/thicker axle is stronger...
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greater the axle load of a vehicle, the stress on the road caused by the motor vehicle increases in proportion to the fourth power of the axle load. This law...
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wheel and axle can be viewed as a version of the Lever, with a drive force applied tangentially to the perimeter of the wheel, and a load force applied...
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Scale test car (section Axle load limits)
purposes. These include: Cars are weighed to ensure they are within the axle load limits of the railroad. Cars are weighed to determine (by subtracting...
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