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TPADANA 2.0: draft user's manual of TPAD data analysis software.

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  • Alternative Title:
    Project title: statewide implementation of total pavement acceptance device (TPAD).
  • Creators:
  • Corporate Creators:
    Texas A&M Transportation Institute
  • Corporate Contributors:
  • Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Publication/ Report Number:
    5-6005-01-P1
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
  • Corporate Publisher:
    Texas A&M Transportation Institute
  • Abstract:
    The Total Pavement Acceptance Device (TPAD) is a continuous pavement deflection test

    device. Since the device is designed for total acceptance of pavements, the researchers have

    combined the deflection testing with Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), digital video, and Global

    Positioning System (GPS) technologies. Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will use

    the final system for testing both new pavements and those scheduled for rehabilitation.

    Since the release of the RDDana 1.0 software about three years ago, Texas A&M Transportation

    Institute (TTI) made several changes to the original RDDana 1.0 software based on the users’

    comments. TTI added new features, fixed some small bugs, and made the current software more

    stable and easier to use. After all these updates, the researchers propose to rename the RDDana

    software to TPADana, and define this new software as version 2.0. They made the following

    major updates for TPADana 2.0:

    - Previously, the VC++6.0 compiler coded the old RDDana, but the new TPADana is

    updated to the Microsoft DOT.NET VC2010 compiler.

    - The old version can analyze only one sensor but the new software automatically

    analyzes all three sensors.

    - Added a new interface that will select which sensors must be shown on the chart.

    - Added a new interface to define a subset of the data.

    - On the View Type 1, user can input the detail and sub-detail chart’s range.

    - Added a new calculation feature of load transfer factor when sensor passing over a

    joint.

    - Added control to show or not show the GPR data on the data view.

    - Added functions to show the reference mark or stationary number with DMI (Distance

    Measuring Instrument).

    - Always save the last project to help the user load data quickly.

    This user’s manual describes the data processing system, and uses the data collected in a 2012

    survey of US 287 in the Wichita Falls District. The executable load module for this software and

    the associated data from US 287 are supplied with this manual.

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  • Funding:
    5-6005-01
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