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We that live in the US know that there are weigh stations along the highway for trucks and signs about height and weight limitations for all. Does China have the same??

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 12: A security officer guards on the top of a ladder during the Spring Festival Temple Fair at the Temple of Earth park on February 12, 2013 in Beijing, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year of Snake also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 12: A liitle girl takes photo with a Chinese folk artist at a Spring Festival Temple Fair for celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year of Snake at the Temple of Earth park on February 12, 2013 in Beijing, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year of Snake also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day.

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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11: People selling balloons at a Spring Festival Temple Fair for celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year of Snake on February 11, 2013 in Beijing, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year of Snake also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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A flower shop staff prepares roses for the sales peak during the upcoming Valentine's Day in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 11, 2013. (Xinhua/Wang Jiankang)

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Citizens view artworks at the Shanxi Museum in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 12, 2013. Some citizens spent their Spring Festival holiday by viewing exhibitions in museums. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

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Children eat their sugar figurines at a temple fair in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 11, 2013. Temple fair, a Chinese cultural gathering traditionally adjacent to temples, is usually held around the time of the Chinese Lunar New Year. At the fair, activities include worshiping deities, entertainment and shopping. (Xinhua/Li Wenbao)

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Dou Fengling, a folk artist, makes dough figurines of a couple in Liaocheng City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 12, 2013. The figurines, as miniatures of couples in love, are popular these days as the Valentine's Day approaches. (Xinhua/Zhang Zhenxiang)

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Hosts in ancient costumes introduce dishes to visitors at a banquet in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 12, 2013. To celebrate the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, some restaurants in Hangzhou offered free dishes to visitors for taste. (Xinhua/Shi Jianxue)

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A visitor shows a snake-shaped ornament at a temple fair held to celebrate the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2013. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen)

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Re: Chinese Daily Photos, Videos & News of 2013!!!

T-U-P said:

What's the standard/normal/usual factor of safety on the bridge loading specification? (If there's any standard at all)

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It varies from state to state and road to road. It can range anywhere from 5 ton to as much as even 30 ton axle weight limit. There's always a sign for the drivers to see and know their weight limit.

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kwaigonegin said:

truly an idiot!!!! even if there are NO signs he MUST have known his truck was too heavy for the bridge! Either he was drunk or maybe a 1st time inexperience driver but shame on the company then if they put someone like that driving such a massive load. should start by driving the UPS truck first.

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The company and driver are responsible for knowing their trucks total weight. Plus they could have also gone online to check and see the county and provincial axle weight limit load listed and updated on their transportation website.

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bd popeye said:

We that live in the US know that there are weigh stations along the highway for trucks and signs about height and weight limitations for all. Does China have the same??

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They have to or else they'll get more of those incidents than often.

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Equation said:

It varies from state to state and road to road. It can range anywhere from 5 ton to as much as even 30 ton axle weight limit. There's always a sign for the drivers to see and know their weight limit.

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What I asked was not the weight limit, but rather the factor of safety that is taken into account when designing. For example, if a bridge needs to meet the specification for handling 50 ton loads, then if it's designed with a factor of safety of 2, then it should be able to handle 100 tons of load in reality. (of course, publicly you still tell everyone that its limit is 50 tons)

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T-U-P said:

What I asked was not the weight limit, but rather the factor of safety that is taken into account when designing. For example, if a bridge needs to meet the specification for handling 50 ton loads, then if it's designed with a factor of safety of 2, then it should be able to handle 100 tons of load in reality. (of course, publicly you still tell everyone that its limit is 50 tons)

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Hi T-U-P:

Allow me to attempt to answer this question. Generally structures are designed according to either one of two design philosophies: Allowable Strength Design or Limit State Design. The ASD method is the older method that is being phased out (completely phased out in Canada where I will be practicing in a few months), which employs such things as "factor of safety". The Limit State Design theory does not design by factors of safety, per se, but rather calibrated to have, say, 2% probability of the factored loads exceeding the factored resistance. Par exemple, one of the load cases for the factored loads will be calculated as 1.5 (Dead Load) + 1.4 (Live Load) + 0.4 (Wind Load). The factored resistance will be multiplied by a factor, 0.65 for concrete according to the National Building Code of Canada, and 0.85 for steel. Using this, the overlap between the two normal distributions of factored load vs. factored resistance is calibrated to not exceed 2% probability.

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Obcession said:

Hi T-U-P:

Allow me to attempt to answer this question. Generally structures are designed according to either one of two design philosophies: Allowable Strength Design or Limit State Design. The ASD method is the older method that is being phased out (completely phased out in Canada where I will be practicing in a few months), which employs such things as "factor of safety". The Limit State Design theory does not design by factors of safety, per se, but rather calibrated to have, say, 2% probability of the factored loads exceeding the factored resistance. Par exemple, one of the load cases for the factored loads will be calculated as 1.5 (Dead Load) + 1.4 (Live Load) + 0.4 (Wind Load). The factored resistance will be multiplied by a factor, 0.65 for concrete according to the National Building Code of Canada, and 0.85 for steel. Using this, the overlap between the two normal distributions of factored load vs. factored resistance is calibrated to not exceed 2% probability.

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There you have it TUP. Good answer Obcession.

Re: Chinese Daily Photos, Videos & News of 2013!!!

I'm not posting today. Not a very good selection. here's some PIX links..







yahoo will have some good pix as soon as the Spring Festival winds down...

Re: Chinese Daily Photos, Videos & News of 2013!!!

Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2013 shows the accident site of an explosion in Litianshang Village in Zhanjiang City, south China's Guangdong Province. 6 were killed and 20 injured during the explosion which occurred on Feb. 13. Of the dead, three were killed at the scene and three died later at a hospital after emergency treatment failed. An initial investigation found that the explosion was a family dispute-triggered revenge. The suspect, a man surnamed Chen in his 50s, has confessed to the crime that targeted the family of his second divorced wife, an spokesman with the city's public security bureau said. (Xinhua/Wu Lu)

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A woman surnamed Li weeps beside her broken house at the accident site of an explosion in Litianshang Village in Zhanjiang City, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 14, 2013.

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Orange growers harvest mandarin oranges at an orchard in Longcheng Village, Rong'an County of Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 13, 2013. The mandarin oranges in Rong'an County appeared on the market recently, avoiding the peak season of fruits sale. (Xinhua/Tan Kaixing)

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Orange growers pack the newly picked mandarin oranges at an orchard in Longcheng Village, Rong'an County of Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 13, 2013.

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Youngsters perform Gangnam Style dance in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, Feb. 10, 2013. People in China are enjoying the week-long holiday of Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. Numerous travelers has crammed in tourism sites across the country. (Xinhua/Liu Changlong)

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People visit Chenghuangmiao, or Town God Temple, in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 12, 2013. People in China are enjoying the week-long holiday of Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. Numerous travelers has crammed in tourism sites across the country. (Xinhua/Li Zili)

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You can always find great "People" shots at travel centers!

Passengers queue to have their tickets checked at the Yinchuan Railway Station in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 14, 2013. Yinchuan Railway Station saw a passenger flow peak on Feb. 14 as the Spring Festival holiday is drawing to a close. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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Passengers prepare to board the train at the Yinchuan Railway Station in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 14, 2013. Yinchuan Railway Station saw a passenger flow peak on Feb. 14 as the Spring Festival holiday is drawing to a close. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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A woman holding a child prepares to board the train at the Yinchuan Railway Station in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 14, 2013.

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Children wait for the train at the Yinchuan Railway Station in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 14, 2013.

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A child poses for photos with his family at the Yinchuan Railway Station in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 14, 2013

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A child waits for the train with her family at the Yinchuan Railway Station in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 14, 2013.

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Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2013 shows the sunset scene on the sea near Sanya City in south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Hou Jiansen

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Passengers are seen at a train station in Fuyang of east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 13, 2013. Some people in China started the return trips to their workplaces as the Spring Festival holiday coming to its conclusion. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

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Ding Junhui of China competes during Round of 32 in 2013 Welsh Snooker Open against Mark King of England at Newport Centre in Newport, south Wales, Britain on Feb. 13, 2013. Ding won 4-0. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)

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People visit the China Science and Technology Museum during the Spring Festival holiday in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2013. (Xinhua)

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A vendor holding heart-shaped balloons waits for customers in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 14, 2013. Various ornaments were decorated to celebrate the Valentine's day in Changsha. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

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