axle load

English

Noun

axle load (plural axle loads)

(transport, rail transport) the total weight, including load carried, transferred by one axle and its wheels to a road or railway surface. This is especially important in relation to what weight road and railway structures can carry, bridges in particular.

Translations

total weight transferred by one axle

Finnish: akselipaino
Norwegian:
Bokmål: aksellast m, f, akseltrykk n

Nynorsk: aksellast f, m

Swedish: axeltryck (sv) n

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