Evaluation of Vehicle Overload Control System on Major Road Corridors in Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Girma, Gebresenbet (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sara, Behailu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-27T07:40:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-11T12:53:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-27T07:40:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-11T12:53:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In order to protect the road assets from premature failure caused by overloading, axle load controls in Ethiopia have been operational and undertaken by Ethiopian Roads Authority at the ten static Control Stations and two mobile weighbridges. However, these stations have problem to cop up with the current freight transportation and technological advancement. This research is then done aiming to develop recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness of axle load controlling system by evaluating the current locations of control stations and operational management performance. A series of factors directly related to vehicle loading like heavy vehicle traffic, axle load, distance to ports, and the existence of by-pass routes have been used in order to do the evaluation for location. These factors have been rated based on criteria developed for the study referring different studies and literatures. Evaluation for operational management used queue analysis to study the checking time, congestion at the control station and losses in terms of times and measurement accuracy at control systems. Availability of relevant facilities and existing weighing system versus regulation have been done using questionnaire analysis and computation of overloaded axle mass from the collected axle load data respectively. The result shows that the selected stations are located on a place where high occurrence of overloading and their presence have a significant importance in protecting roads adjacent to the station. Though, some stations need extra weighbridge to make their role effective enough. And also some stations, mainly located at town sections, need traffic congestions mitigation plan to minimize congestion outside the station. On the other hand, the management operation evaluation analysis shows that the selected stations have problem in data quality, staff composition, modernized equipment, and organised operation. Finally, the research concludes with some recommendations for a well organised management, operation and maintenance. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/15313 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | AAU | en_US |
| dc.subject | Location of Weighbridge | en_US |
| dc.subject | facility location determination | en_US |
| dc.subject | Vehicle overload control | en_US |
| dc.subject | Performance measurement | en_US |
| dc.subject | Queue analysis | en_US |
| dc.title | Evaluation of Vehicle Overload Control System on Major Road Corridors in Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |