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V.4.2.10.3Amendment Mo. V-l / 91 (Jan.)4.2.10.3 Types HA and HB loading combined(replaces clause 6.4.2 of BS 5400 : Part 2)Types HA and HB loading shall be combined andapplied as follows :-(a)Type HA loading shall be applied to the notionallanes of the carriageway in accordance withclause 6.4.1 of BS 5400 : Part 2 modified as givenin (b) below.(b) Type HB loading shall occupy any transverseposition on the carriageway / either wholly withinone notional lane or straddling two or morenotional lanes.Where the HB vehicle lies wholly within thenotional lane (eg Figure 4.2.4(1) or where the HB vehiclelies partially within a notional lane and the remaining widthof the lane, measured from the side of the HB vehicle to theedge of the notional lane, is less than 2.5 metres (eg Figure4.2.4(2) (a) ) f type HB loading is assumed to displace part ofthe HA loading in the lane or straddled lanes it occupies.No other live loading shall be considered for 25 metres infront of the leading axle to 25 metres behind the rear axleof the HB vehicle. The remainder of the loaded length of thelane or lanes thus occupied by the HB vehicle shall be loadedwith HA DDL only; HA KEL shall be omitted. The intensity ofthe HA UDL in these lanes shall be appropriate to the loadedlength that includes the total length displaced by the typeHB loading with the front and rear 25 metre clear spaces*Where the HB vehicle lies partially within anotional lane and the remaining width of the lane, measuredfrom the side of the HB vehicle to the far edge of thenotional lane, is greater than or equal to 2,5 metres(eg Figure 4.2.4(2) (b) ) , the HA UDL loading in the lane shallremain, the HA KEL shall be omitted.Only one HB vehicle shall be considered on any onesuperstructure or on any substructure supporting two or moresuperstructures.Figure 4.2.4 (replaces Figure 13 of BS 5400 :Part 2) illustrates typical configurations of type HA loadingin combination with type HB loading.

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