Research
and Technical Reports
RTAC/CCMTA Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Research Program (1986)
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Technical
Steering Committee Report 1986
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Volume
3 - Demonstration Test Program - Summary of Tests of Baseline Vehicle
Performance
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Volume
4 - Demonstration Test Program - Five, Six and Seven Axle Tractor Semitrailers
o
Volume
5 - Comparison of Simulation and Tests of Baseline and Tractor Semitrailer
Vehicles
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Volume
6 - Hitch Slack and Drawbar Length Effects on C Train Stability and Handling
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Volume
7 - Investigating Articulated Vehicle Roll Stability Using a Tilt Table Device
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Volume
8 - Pavement Response to Heavy Vehicles Test Program - Part 1 Summary of Data
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Volume
9 - Pavement Response to Heavy Vehicles Test Program - Part 2 Load Equivalency
Factors
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Volume
10 - Pavement Response to Bump Induced Axle Loads Testing - Experimental
Findings
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Volume
12 - Vehicle Rollover Threshold Evaluation
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Volume
13 - Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems - Review of Available Hardware and Control
Systems
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Volume
15 - Graphic Representation of Heavy Vehicle Computer Simulation Model Output
Trucks and Pavements
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Laval
U - Effects of Wide Base Tires on Low Volume Pavement Structures 2008
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Virginia
Tech - Pavement Damage Due to Different Tires and Vehicle Configurations 2004
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Ontario
MTO - Use of New Technology Single Wide Base Tires Impact on Pavements 2003
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Laval
University - Characterization and Evaluation of Tire-Roadway Interface Stresses
2003
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European
Commission COST 334 Study - Effects of Wide Single Tyres
and Dual Tires 2001
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US
TS&W Study - Pavements and Truck Size and Weight Regulations 1995
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Ontario
MTO - Use of Wide Base Single Tires on Heavy Trucks 1993
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Ontario
MTO - Influence of Axle Group Spacing on Pavement Damage 1989
Trucks and Bridges
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US
TS&W Study - Bridges and Truck Size and Weight Regulations 1995
Highway Design
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NCHRP
505 - Truck Characteristics as Factors in Roadway Design 2003
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US
TS&W Study - Roadway Geometry and Truck Size and Weight Regulations 1995
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Ontario
MTO - Geometric Considerations for the Tractor Semitrailer Making a Right Hand Turn 1987
Traffic and Safety
o
NCHRP
605 - Passing Sight Distance Criteria 2008
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AustRoads - Safety Benefits of Improving Interaction
between Heavy Vehicles and the Road System 2008
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US
TS&W Study - Traffic Operations and Truck Size and Weight Regulations 1995
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RTAC
- The Effect of Vehicle Length on Traffic on Canadian Two-Lane Two-Way Roads
1991
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RTAC
- Traffic Stream Effects of Proposed Truck Length Increase 1987
Vehicle Stability and Control
o
Heavy Duty
Vehicle 6x2 Simulation Model Development – National Research Council 2019
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Technical
Report - Class 8 Heavy-Duty 6x2 Drive Technology – National Research Council
2018
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Billing
- Evaluation of the Dynamic Performance of Extended Length B Trains 2013
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Billing
- Evaluation of the Low Speed Offtracking Performance
of Extended Length B Trains 2013
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Billing
- Front Outswing of Heavy Vehicles 2009
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Woodrooffe - Safety Analysis of a Double and Triple B Train
Carrying Loaded Containers 2007
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Evaluation
of the Dynamic Performance of Truck Recreational Trailer Combinations 2007
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NRC
- Performance of Infrastructure Friendly Vehicles 2003
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Billing
- Stability and Control Analysis of Tandem-Tandem Trucks and Truck-Trailer
Combinations 1999
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UMTRI
Rollover of Heavy Commercial Vehicles 1999
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FERIC
- Evaluation of a Tridem Drive Tractor for Log Transportation 1995
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FERIC
- A Study of the Aligning Forces Generated from A Tridem Drive Axle Group 1995
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Ontario
MTO - The Dynamic Performance of Stinger Steer Auto Carriers 1994
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Ontario
MTO - Evaluation of the Dynamic Performance of Truck-Trailer Combinations 1993
Long Combination Vehicles (LCV)
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Billing
- Evaluation of the Dynamic Performance of Rocky Mountain Doubles 2013
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Montufar
- Long Combination Vehicle Safety Performance in Alberta 1999 to 2005
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Woodrooffe - Long Combination Vehicle Safety Performance in
Alberta 1995 to 1998
Technology and Environment
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NRC
- Review of Aerodynamic Drag Reduction Devices for Heavy Trucks and Buses 2012
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NRC
- Packed Snow Performance of Low Rolling Resistance Class 8 Heavy Truck Tires
2012
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Regulations
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Harmonization
of Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Regulations within the NAFTA Partnership 1997
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Ontario
MTO - Regulatory Principles for Straight Trucks and Truck Trailer Combinations
1991
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Ontario
MTO - Regulatory Principles for Straight Trucks and Truck Trailer Combinations
Part 2 1991
Policy Studies
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NCFRP
6 - Impacts of Public Policy on the Freight Transportation System 2011
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NCHRP
671 - Canadian Experience with Regulation of Large Commercial Vehicles 2010
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OECD
- Dynamic Interaction Between Vehicles and Infrastructure (DIVINE) 1998
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US
TS&W Study - Evolution of Truck Size and Weight Regulations 1995