Static Scale Conversion Weigh-In-Motion System
In support of the Air Mobility Battle Lab (AMBL), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Logistics Program and the U. S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), the ultimate objective of this project is to develop and demonstrate a full-scale prototype static scale conversion weigh-in-motion/Profilometry (SSC-WIM/P) system to measure and record dimensional and weight information for the Department of Defense (DoD) equipment and cargo. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), along with the AMBL, and Intercomp, Inc. have developed a long-range plan for developing a dual-use system which can be used as a standard static scale or an accurate weigh-in-motion system. AMBL will work to define requirements for additional activities with U.S. Transportation Command, Air Mobility Command, and the Joint Warfighting Battle Lab for both the SSC-WIM/P and a portable Weigh-in-Motion System for individual units. The funding goal is to fully fund the development of two prototype test articles (a SSC-WIM kit, and a laser profilometer) and have at least one fully operational system by the early 2002 timeframe. The objective of this portion of the project will be to develop a SSC-WIM system, which at a later date can be fully integrated with a profilometry system; to fully characterize DOD wheeled vehicles and cargo (individual axle weights, total vehicle weight, center of balance, height, width and length measurements). The program will be completed in phases with the initial AMBL/DARPA funding being used to initiate the efforts while AMBL/USTC obtains funding to complete the first generation system effort. At the completion of an initial effort, the interface hardware and the data acquisition/analysis hardware will be developed, fabricated, and system principles and basic functionality evaluated, tested, and demonstrated. Additional funding, when made available, will allow the successful completion of a first generation prototype system. This effort will be followed by a fully optimized system to be developed, tested and made ready for commercialization in the FY-2002 timeframe. A further objective of this program will be to bring several DOD organizations together for a common goal, leverage private industry resources and funds, and utilize Tennessee Department of Transportation facilities and support personnel to augment the cost of testing and evaluation activities performed by ORNL. The specific objectives of this initial program were to: (1) Define, develop, and fabricate the initial building block system hardware and software, (2) Demonstrate system principles and basic functionality while interfacing with representative static scales and thereby, validate the static scale conversion concept, (3) Survey up to eight prominent Army and Air Force power projection bases for type and design of the existing static scales and determine if the scales can be converted to a SSC-WIM system, and (4) Document these efforts and findings in a final report and provide cost, schedule, and performance planning data for a follow-on production program.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 814441
- Report Number(s):
- C/ORNL99-0561; TRN: US200317%%238
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 18 May 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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