The roles of accelerated pavement testing in pavement sustainability : engineering, environment, and economics /: engineering, environment, and economics. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: José P. Aguiar-Moya, Adriana Vargas-Nordcbeck, Fabricio Leiva-Villacorta, Luis G. Loría-Salazar, editors.
• Editors: Aguiar-Moya, José Pablo, 1981-; Vargas-Nordcbeck, Adriana, 1977-; Leiva-Villacorta, Fabricio, 1979-; Loría-Salazar, Luis G
• Contents: Preface; Conference Organization; Chairpersons; Scientific Committee and Review Panel; Organizing Committee; Contents; Overview of Accelerated Pavement Testing; 1 A Brief History of Full-Scale Accelerated Pavement Testing Facilities to 1962; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Early Installations; 1.2 The Paving Determinator 1909; 1.3 National Physical Laboratory Road Machine 1911; 1.4 Indonesian Test Circuit; 1.5 The United States; 1.6 Bureau of Public Roads; 1.7 Kentucky; 1.8 Kansas; 1.9 University of Illinois; 1.10 Indiana; 1.11 Washington State; 1.12 United States Army Corps of Engineers. 1.13 Europe1.14 Romania; 1.15 Germany; 1.16 Czech Republic; 1.17 Other Installations; 1.18 Final Words; References; 2 Four Decades of the Circular Test Track at the Institute of Engineering UNAM Contributing to Pavement Research in Mexico; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Circular Test Track of the Engineering Institute, UNAM; 2.1 Test Pit of Circular Test Track; 2.2 Load Frame; 3 Pavement Research by the Engineering Institute; 3.1 Research on the Behavior of the Test Roads; 3.2 Assessment of the Highway Network Performance; 3.3 Tests Carried Out in the Circular Test Track. 3.4 Asphalt Pavement Design Method4 Main Factors Affecting the Performance of Pavements in Mexico; 4.1 Traffic; 4.2 Climate; 4.3 Pavement Materials; 4.4 Performance Prediction Models; 5 Future Directions; 6 Conclusions; References; Establishment of New Accelerated Pavement Testing Facilities; 3 Design and Engineering Challenges in the Development of the FAA's Full Scale Accelerated Pavement Test Facility NAPMRC; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The FAA Technical Center Construction Approval Process; 3 Design; 4 Outdoor Test Area; 5 Indoor Test Area; 6 Maneuver Areas; 7 Control Building. 8 Data Acquisition Infrastructure9 Data Acquisition Systems; 10 Summary; 4 Heavy Vehicle Simulator and Accelerated Pavement Testing Facility at Rowan University; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Objectives; 3 Specifications of Rowan University Heavy Vehicle Simulator; 4 Rowan University Accelerated Pavement Testing Facility (RUAPTF); 4.1 Design Considerations; 4.2 Layout and Instrumentation Capabilities of RUAPTF; 5 CREATEs as a Research Resource to the North Eastern Region of the United States; 6 Research Projects at CREATEs; 6.1 HVS Evaluation of Thin Asphalt Overlays Over Composite Pavements. 7 Summary and Closing RemarksGeneral Accelerated Pavement Testing; 5 A Link of Full-Scale Accelerated Pavement Testing to Long-Term Pavement Performance Study in the Western Cape Province of South Africa; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Background of the Western Cape Province APT and LTPP Program; 3 Methodology and Current LTPP Program; 4 Discussion of the LTPP and APT Results; 4.1 Comparison of Rutting and Deflection Data; 4.2 Pavement Temperature Data; 5 LTPP Performance Data for MR538 and N7; 5.1 Visual Assessments; 5.2 Rutting Measurements; 5.3 DCP and FWD Measurements.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 625.8; Materials science; Pavements -- Testing; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); Pavements -- Testing; Technology & Engineering -- Civil -- General; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology; Highway & traffic engineering; Meteorology & climatology; Surfaces (Physics); Traffic Engineering; Hydraulic engineering; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Testing of materials; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319427973; 3319427970
• Related ISBNs: 9783319427966; 3319427962
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 30, 2016).
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