axle load

English

Noun

axle load (plural axle loads)

1. (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.
   • 1963 August, “New 5,000 H.P.-Plus Diesels for U.S. Railroads”, in Modern Railways, page 127:

     To keep the axle load within a 28-ton maximum, two eight-wheel bogies are employed, all axles of which are motorised.

Alternative forms

• axleload

Related terms

• axle loading
• axle weight

Translations

total weight transferred by one axle

• Danish: aksellast c
• Finnish: akselipaino
• German: Achslast (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aksellast m or f, akseltrykk n

  Nynorsk: aksellast f or m

• Swedish: axeltryck (sv) n