Long Description: Figure 21. Cumulative Distribution of Shear Rating Factors of All Bridges (2-S1-2, Scenarios 4-6)

The cumulative distribution functions for each truck group were constructed for both flexure and shear cases, as shown in Figure 18 through Figure 21 for all bridges in the sample database.  . When the 2-S1-2 control vehicle and the Scenarios 4-6 configurations were compared, similarity to the Scenario 1-3 configurations, it was seen that Scenarios 4-6 would result in lower ratings compared to the control vehicle. The configuration with the lowest RFs was found to be Scenario 6. An overlap was observed for Scenarios 4 and 5 when flexural case was considered, meaning that these scenario vehicles generally yield similar results. (Figure 21).

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