The French National Projet : Using WIM for direct enforcement of overloading Victor Dolcemascolo – DGITM* Bernard Jacob - IFSTTAR** * General Directorate for Infrastructure, Transport and the Sea ** French Institute for Sciences and Technology for Transports, Development and Networks
Presentation plan Introduction : Static enforcement of overloading Description of the WIM project Organization – Technicals means Budget Participation of the vendors
Static enforcement of overloading : Situation in France Yearly static controls
Static enforcement of overloading : Drawbacks and advantages Need human resources (weighing officers, policemen...) Need a static weighing area Need static scales (risk of vandalism...) Capacity to control only a small percentage of the truck traffic flow Increase of the truck traffic flow and the average level of truck overloading → not efficient → but static weighing or low speed WIM are the ONLY devices legally approved for weight enforcement (by OIML recommandation)
Description of the WIM Project 4 years project : 2013-16 IFSTTAR/ CETE Est and Ouest Objective: Implementation of HS-WIM for direct enforcement of overloading 2 phases : Phase 1 (2013-14): feasibility study for OIML type approval of an HS-WIM system Phase 2 (2015-16): construction and test of a prototype
Organization WP3 : MS-WIM WP4: Bridge WIM WP2 : Interaction sensor/pavement WP1: Feasibility of OIML type approval Transv WP : On site test WP5 : Expert study
Technical mean: Accelerated Pavement Testing Facility
Budget First phase (2013-14): 777 k€ Second phase (2015-16): 728 k€ Consumables, etc.: 177 k€ Staff: 600 k€ (50 MM) Second phase (2015-16): 728 k€ Consumables, etc.: 150 k€ Staff: 578 k€ (48 MM)
Participation of Vendors Welcome in this project to take part in the experimentations to contribute to and benefit of the R&D effort to develop market solutions and products IFSTTAR will issue a document describing the conditions of participation to this project (participation contract) + organise meetings Contact persons: louis-marie.cottineau@ifsttar.fr bernard.jacob @ifsttar.fr
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