The US Transportation Collection consists of documents from across all transportation modes with specific focus on research reports from US DOT, state DOTs, and other transportation organizations.
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The purpose of this report was to take a retrospective glance at Virginia's experience in getting her citizens to use the automobile safety restraint systems available to them. In Virginia, data on safety belt and child safety seat use were collected annually from 1983 until 1994. Data on child safety seat use were not collected in 1995, although s
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Rebar corrosion in concrete is the most costly and performance-limiting problem facing the nation's infrastructure. One of the most practical and economical approaches to this problem is to use corrosion inhibitors in a quality concrete mix for new construction. This investigation examined the corrosion inhibition characteristics of a series of com
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This study addressed the degree to which motor vehicle window tint films impede drivers' ability to detect targets in their vehicle's rear-view mirrors. Twenty-four subjects participated. Each sat in the driver's seat of one of four experimental vehicles and attempted to detect a stationary pedestrian in one of the three rear-view mirrors. Errors i
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This study evaluated latex-modified concretes (LMC) and concretes containing silica fume (SFC) or Pyrament-blended cement (PBCC) in bridge deck overlays in the field. The condition of the overlays was monitored for 4 years. LMC and SFC were placed in 2 days using a vibratory roller screed spanning half the width of the bridge, each side in 1 day. P
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is conducting an interlaboratory study to validate certain findings in the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) C-343 report on alkali-silica reactivity. This paper reports the Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC) findings relative to the rapid immersion test (AASHTO TP 14). Tests were condu
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The objectives of this study were (1) to study the feasibility of using a pulsed, swept-frequency ultrasonic interferometer in the nondestructive evaluation of the degree of concrete consolidation and (2) to find a correlation between the degree of consolidation and the ultrasonic velocity calculated from the phase slope. The system developed incor
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Accurate measures of bridge stiffness are important when determining structural integrity. This information should be an integral part of any comprehensive bridge maintenance program, especially considering the nation's aging infrastructure. Informed decisions regarding the placement or repair of an existing bridge require knowledge of the in-situ
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Composite materials, produced from polymer resins and high strength fibers, have the potential to be widely used in construction because of their corrosion resistance and high strength-to-weight ratio, However, such environmental factors as extreme temperature fluctuation and water absorption adversely affect the material properties of composite ma
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The effectiveness of shoulder edge drains on 1-295 south of Richmond was evaluated. Three adjacem outlets were monitored for outflow over a period of several momhs. Rainfall and outflow intensity and duration were continuously recorded using tipping bucket gages interfaced with a datalogger. The results indicated "excellent" to "good" quality of dr
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the safety and operational characteristics of the single point urban interchange (SPUI) and the diamond interchange (DI) and develop guidelines that identify traffic and/or geometric conditions that favor one type of interchange over the other. State traffic engineers across the country were sur
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On January 31, 1996, VDOT's Statewide Incident Management (SIM) Committee requested that guidelines for the control of permanent variable message sign (VMS) and permanent highway advisory radio (HAR) units be developed. The guidelines do not address specific operating procedures, such as what words should be used in a message or how long a message
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Dynamic response has long been recognized as one of the significant factors affecting the service life and safety of bridge structures, and considerable research, both analytical and experimental, has been devoted to this area of behavior. In the design of most contemporary bridges, dynamic effects are included in the form of equivalent static load
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Knowledge of the actual displacement response of a bridge subjected to random traffic loading is useful in evaluating bridge performance and serviceability. However, mounting displacement transducers is difficult, and the feasibility of and cost associated with such instrumentation are often problems. This research evaluated various methods to calc
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Ever so slowly, advanced composite materials are entering the field of traditional civil engineering. This report surveys the current practice and ongoing research into their use in transportation structures. There is a broad spectrum of proposed and applied uses for reinforced plastics, ranging from complete structural systems to the replacement o
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Bridges are among the cultural resources that must be considered for historic significance under the Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The Virginia Transportation Research Council conducted pioneering studies of Virginia's early metal truss bridges and concrete and masonry arch bridges during the 1970s and 1980s, but no comprehensive evaluation of
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An index to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Aviation Medicine Reports (1964-1995) and Civil Aeromedical Institute Reports is presented for those engaged in aviation medicine and related activities. The index lists all FAA aviation medicine reports published from 1961 through 1995; chronologically (pp. 1-41), alphabetically by author
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The fifth phase of research on human factors in aviation maintenance continued to look at the human's role in the aviation maintenance system via investigations, demonstrations, and evaluations of the research program outputs. This report describes the following areas: (Ch. 2) PENS mobile computing software for FAA inspectors; (Ch. 3) STAR computer
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The safety and efficiency of free flight will benefit from automated conflict prediction and resolution advisories. Conflict prediction is based on trajectory prediction and is less certain the farther in advance the prediction, however. An estimate is therefore needed of the probability that a conflict will occur, given a pair of predicted traject
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