wheel load capacity
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wheel load capacity
[′wēl ′lōd kə‚pas·əd·ē] (civil engineering)
The capacity of airfield runways, taxiways, parking areas, or roadways to bear the pressures exerted by aircraft or vehicles in a gross weight static configuration.
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