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Long Description: Figure 16. Comparison of Shear Rating Factors for All Bridges (Compared with 3-S2)

Comparisons of the 2-S1-2 control vehicle and Scenarios 4, 5 and 6 show more scatter compared to the first group of trucks (3-S2 and, Scenarios 1, 2 and 3) for both flexure (Figure 15) and shear (Figure 17), and this effect is much more pronounced in the shear ratings.

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