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Author: Pavana K. R. Vennapusa Publisher: ISBN: Category : Pavements Languages : en Pages : 13
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Results from a field forensic investigation conducted using a falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and visual observations on a jointed concrete pavement that showed premature distresses are presented in this article. At the time of testing, the pavement was six years old and was supported on a crushed limestone granular base underlain by cohesive natural or fill subgrade. The primary objective of the field investigation was to assess whether the foundation support conditions contributed to the distresses observed. FWD tests were conducted on 140 panels over an 830-m-long section of which 25 panels showed distress. The FWD deflection basin data was used to calculate several index parameters, which showed statistically significant differences between the cracked and the uncracked slabs, which suggests that the foundation layer properties were comparatively weaker under the cracked slabs. Visual observations showed that some of the distresses were related to potential lateral movement of the slopes next to the pavement.
Author: Pavana K. R. Vennapusa Publisher: ISBN: Category : Pavements Languages : en Pages : 13
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Results from a field forensic investigation conducted using a falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and visual observations on a jointed concrete pavement that showed premature distresses are presented in this article. At the time of testing, the pavement was six years old and was supported on a crushed limestone granular base underlain by cohesive natural or fill subgrade. The primary objective of the field investigation was to assess whether the foundation support conditions contributed to the distresses observed. FWD tests were conducted on 140 panels over an 830-m-long section of which 25 panels showed distress. The FWD deflection basin data was used to calculate several index parameters, which showed statistically significant differences between the cracked and the uncracked slabs, which suggests that the foundation layer properties were comparatively weaker under the cracked slabs. Visual observations showed that some of the distresses were related to potential lateral movement of the slopes next to the pavement.
Author: SD. Tayabji Publisher: ISBN: Category : Falling weight deflectometer (FWD) Languages : en Pages : 14
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The Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) study uses Falling Weight Deflectometers (FWDs) to collect deflection data. As part of a study sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, load transfer efficiencies (LTEs) were calculated for all the test points of each section of the LTPP GPS 3, 4, and 5 experiments. From statistical analysis, it was found that the doweled joints have significantly higher LTEs than the non-doweled joints. Voids at the slab joints and corners were computed by examining the deflection data of the joint and corner tests at different load levels. The loss of support was then expressed as the percentage of joints or slab corners with voids for each LTPP concrete pavement test section. By examining the ratio of the maximum deflection at the mid-slab test location versus the edge locations, the concrete shoulders were found to provide significantly greater edge support than asphalt shoulders based on a one-tailed Student t-test.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 21
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This paper presents a methodology for testing, evaluation and determination of overlay thickness required for a given pavement section. The overlay design procedure presented makes use of some of the recent developments for analysis and design of asphaltic concrete overlays. The evaluation of in-service pavements includes the use of the deflection parameters developed by testing of the existing pavements with known geometry for determining the moduli of various pavement layers and the required overlay thickness. The method utilizes empirical values and VESYS structural subsystem as an integral approach complementary to each other. Six pavement sections across the State of North Carolina were selected for deflection testing. Deflection parameters were developed to characterize the deflection data from these pavement sections. In addition, VESYS structural system was used to develop nomographs for the interpretation of the measured deflection basin parameters. These nomographs were used to backcalculate the layer moduli form deflection parameters and known layer thicknesses using iterative solutions. The backcalculated layer moduli from these nomographs correspond to the climate conditions that happen to exist during the time of testing and must therefore be adjusted to other climatic conditions. A procedure for such an adjustment is also included in the design procedure. Many different methods have been developed for determining an overlay thickness. These methods can be categorized in three groups : component analysis, deflection based, and analytically based. A mechanistic procedure is described in this paper. This procedure is based on the data and findings of a previous research and has been used to evaluate in-service pavements in North Carolina using Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) deflection parameters. The procedure includes four major parts : (a) FWD deflection parameters and data collection, (b) back-calculation of layer moduli, (c) adjustment of layer moduli and (d) prediction of overlay thickness. For the covering abstract of this Conference see IRRD abstract number 853851.
Author: Y. Richard Kim Publisher: ISBN: Category : Pavements Languages : en Pages : 208
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The objective of this study is to develop a mechanistic-empirical method for assessing pavement layer conditions and estimating the remaining life of flexible pavements using multi-load level Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) deflections. A dynamic finite element program, incorporating a stress-dependent soil model, was developed to generate the synthetic deflection database. Based on this synthetic database, the relationships between surface deflections and critical pavement responses, such as stresses and strains in each individual layer, have been established. A condition assessment procedure for asphalt pavements that uses multi-load level FWD deflections has been developed using these relationships. The verification study was conducted using field data.
Author: Shiraz D. Tayabji Publisher: ASTM International ISBN: 0803128584 Category : Materials Languages : en Pages : 534
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As with the previous two symposia, the 32 papers from the June/July, 1999, Seattle symposium present advances in the nondestructive testing of pavements using conventional falling weight deflectometer techniques and other promising techniques such as ground penetrating radar, rolling weight deflecto
Author: Y. Richard Kim Publisher: ISBN: Category : Pavements Languages : en Pages : 158
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When FWD tests are performed on broken or cracked pavements (of which information is crucial in making rehabilitation and overlay decisions), the multi-layered elastic theory-based backcalulation programs assume that the effect of these discontinuities in a cracked layer on deflection basins would be accounted for by the reduction of the elastic modulus for that layer. However, it has been concluded and confirmed by researchers and practitioners that the backcalculation algorithms based on the multi-layered elastic theory produce large variation in the algorithms based on the multi-layered elastic theory produce large variation in the 'effective' moduli of the cracked layers. Studies have also shown that significant errors in the backcalculated pavement moduli can accrue from performing a static analysis of what is inherently a dynamic test. Unfortunately, dynamic analysis usually involves complex calculations and requires significant computation time, thus making it impracticable for routine applications. This study presents a methology based on deflection basin parameters.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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The objective of this study is to describe a mechanistic-empirical approach to developing an analysis method for assessing pavement layer conditions and estimating the remaining life of flexible pavements using multi-load level Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) deflections. A dynamic finite element program, incorporating a stress-dependent soil model, was developed to generate the synthetic deflection database. Based on this synthetic database, the relationships between surface deflections and critical pavement responses, such as stresses and strains in each individual layer, have been established. A condition assessment procedure for pavement layers using multi-load level FWD deflections is presented in this study. The results indicate that the proposed procedure can estimate the base and subgrade layer conditions. However, large variations were observed in the relationships between the DBCI and desg values and the subgrade CBR values for aggregate base pavements. A FWD test with a load of 53 kN or less does not result in any apparent nonlinear behavior of the subgrade in aggregate base pavements. With regard to the condition assessment of the asphalt concrete (AC) layer, the AC layer modulus and the tensile strain at the bottom of the AC layer are found to be better indicators than the deflection basin parameter. The procedures for performance prediction of fatigue cracking and rutting are developed for flexible pavements. The drastically increasing trend in fatigue cracking with time may not be predicted accurately using the proposed procedure. Such trends may be due to the environmental effects and the inconsistent distress measurements. Predicted rut depths using both single and multi-load level deflections show good agreement with measured rut depths over a wide range of rutting potential. However, the procedure using single load level deflections consistently underpredicts the rut depths. This observation demonstrates that the rutting prediction procedure usin.
Author: Emmanuel B. Owusu-Antwi Publisher: ISBN: Category : Pavements Languages : en Pages : 79
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This study was instituted primarily to develop techniques for assessing the load transfer efficiency of joints and cracks in rigid pavements using the Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) and to determine the factors influencing load transfer efficiency across such discontinuities. This report describes the evaluation of procedures for assessing the load transfer efficiency of transverse joints and cracks using FWD deflection data collected on a controlled jointed reinforced concrete pavement research facility in a laboratory study. The application of the procedures--on a number of jointed reinforced concrete pavement (JRCP) and continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) test sections on in-service rigid pavements, in order to determine their suitability for implementation in the field--is also discussed.
Author: Xueyan Liu Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1000533344 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 825
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Green and Intelligent Technologies for Sustainable and Smart Asphalt Pavements contains 124 papers from 14 different countries which were presented at the 5th International Symposium on Frontiers of Road and Airport Engineering (IFRAE 2021, Delft, the Netherlands, 12-14 July 2021). The contributions focus on research in the areas of "Circular, Sustainable and Smart Airport and Highway Pavement" and collects the state-of-the-art and state-of-practice areas of long-life and circular materials for sustainable, cost-effective smart airport and highway pavement design and construction. The main areas covered by the book include: • Green and sustainable pavement materials • Recycling technology • Warm & cold mix asphalt materials • Functional pavement design • Self-healing pavement materials • Eco-efficiency pavement materials • Pavement preservation, maintenance and rehabilitation • Smart pavement materials and structures • Safety technology for smart roads • Pavement monitoring and big data analysis • Role of transportation engineering in future pavements Green and Intelligent Technologies for Sustainable and Smart Asphalt Pavements aims at researchers, practitioners, and administrators interested in new materials and innovative technologies for achieving sustainable and renewable pavement materials and design methods, and for those involved or working in the broader field of pavement engineering.
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