Platform weighing system for moving vehicles
Abstract
Today, WIM systems are widely used all over the world. They are installed on public roads and are designed to monitor the weight and dimensions of passing vehicles. These systems have been developed and modified over time, but they still have many drawbacks and issues. The main problems with these systems are related to their high sensitivity to the drivers' control over the vehicle being weighed. When the driving parameters of the vehicle being analyzed change, these systems become unable to perform their intended function. In this work, a fundamentally new architecture of the WIM system was proposed, which is based on the method of platform weighing of vehicles in motion. The developed system is completely free of the shortcomings and problems of the WIM systems currently used.
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Рецензент: В.Н. Зузов, д-р техн. наук, проф., МГТУ им. Н.Э. Баумана
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