Data Collection for Determining Pavement Condition Friction Profile Rut Depth Structure Distress identification
Friction Determination Importance Inadequate friction leads to higher number of crashes Required to provide a safe road Can be used to evaluate materials-AWI Evaluated as Locked Wheel Spin Up Test Surface Texture Measurement
Friction-Locked Wheel ASTM 261 Standard Tire Water on surface 40 MPH
Friction tester- Locked Wheel
Friction Tester Spin up Wheel Lowered at 40 MPH Friction force=torque/tire radius f= Friction Force / Weight Better then Locked Wheel as less equipment is required
Spin Up Friction Tester
Road Surface Analyzer A laser-based profiler using an accelerometer established inertial reference. ROSAN measures texture and longitudinal pavement profile at highway speeds. Texture Analysis - Determination of Mean Profile Depth Smoothness Analysis - Roughness Analysis - Determination of International Roughness Index (IRI) & Ride Number (RN), using ASTM E 950 & E 1926
Road Surface Analyzer
Rod and Level Dipstick profiler Road roughness Meter Profiling Devices Roughness Measuring Rod and Level Dipstick profiler Road roughness Meter Profiling Devices
Roughness Measurement Present Serviceability Rating (PSR) Based on ride quality defined by observer Values from 1-5 International Roughness Index Based on Average Rectified Slope (ARS) determined from vehicle accumulated suspension motion divided by the distance m/km IRI= 1000*ARS
Dipstick Analyzer Operation The Dipstick Road Profiler stands on two support legs. The operator simply "walks" the Dipstick along a survey line alternately pivoting the instrument about each leg. Two digital displays show the elevation difference between the Dipstick's two support legs. Audible and visual signals alert the operator when each elevation difference reading is measured and automatically recorded.
Profilograph
Profiling Devices Straight Edges Low Speed Systems Inertial Reference Systems Can determine Transverse Profile Longitude Profile Pavement Texture
Ames Engineering LISA
Laser RST Road Roughness Measurement
Rut Depth Uses many of the Standard Road Profilers Uses transducers to measure differences in elevation between wheel paths and center of road
Rut Depth
Distress Surveys Automatic and Continous High Speed Digital Images Used At Speeds Up to 60 MPG
Dynatest Video Distress Vehicle
Structural Evaluation Falling Weight Deflectometers Dynaflect Dynamic Force Generator Benkleman Beam-Deflection Basin Ground Penetrating Radar
Structural Test Falling Weight Deflectometer
Dynaflect Dynamic Deflection System
Benkleman Beam Ground Deflection
Roadscan Ground Penetrating Radar