Load response instrumentation of SHRP pavement : research implementation plan.
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2006-12-07
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Alternative Title:Load response instrumentation of Strategic Highway Research Program pavement : research implementation plan;Load response instrumentation of SHRP pavements : research implementation plan;Load response instrumentation of Strategic Highway Research Program pavements : research implementation plan;
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Abstract:As part of its support for the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP), the Ohio Department of Transportation,
in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration constructed a comprehensive test road encompassing four
of nine experiments in the Specific Pavement Studies (SPS) of SHRP. The 3.4 mile long project is located on US 23
in Delaware County. The Ohio/SHRP test road is a four lane divided highway constructed in the 170 foot wide
median of the existing facility. The new southbound lanes were constructed of asphalt concrete (AC) and contain
the SPS-1 and SPS-9 experiment. The new northbound lanes were constructed using Portland cement concrete
(PCC) and contain the SPS-2 experiment. Once ODOT decided to participate in the SHRP, staff engineers viewed
this as an opportunity to obtain pavement response data for validating and calibrating pavement analysis models.
After review of the experimental design of the SHRP sections, thirty three of the forty original sections were chosen
for environmental and dynamic load response instrumentation using a total of 1296 gages for measuring strain,
deflection, pressure, moisture, temperature, and frost depth. Research was needed to calibrate, install, and to
measure pavement response during controlled loading, moisture and temperature in the pavement structure, and
climatic conditions above the pavement. Due to the large number of gages being installed, the effort was divided
among six universities. The University of Cincinnati was one of two universities responsible for the calibration and
installation of dynamic response instrumentation.
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