High-speed road profile equipment evaluation.

Details

• Alternative Title:
  High-speed road profile equipment evaluation : a feasibility study for high-speed road profilometer.
• Creators:
  Hudson, W. Ronald
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Highway Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Highway Department ; United States. Bureau of Public Roads
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Road meters
  • Pavements
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Structural analysis
  • Structural engineering
  • Surveying
• Publication/ Report Number:
  73-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Highway Research
• Description:
  The importance of evaluating the relative smoothness of pavements is well recognized in the highway profession. In the past, however, this evaluation has been largely a matter of
  
  qualitative judgment. Such evaluations are useful in serviceability-performance studies and in studies of mechanistic evaluation of pavements for structural adequacy. Pavement surveys are used by maintenance engineers, design engineers and highway administrators to make many decisions with reference to the highway system. This report discusses the parameters affecting the measurement of roughness profiles, the evaluation of these parameters by various techniques, and the importance of measuring these profiles at high speeds. Several types of available equipment are discussed and associated data processing techniques are described. Recommendations are made to the Texas Highway Department with reference to the future development of equipment to serve the purposes of the Department.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  3-8-63-73 (HRP-1-4)
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32087/dot_32087_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.79 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6b9eb2ce37a9ad380fe3c8665e0c831a469ab6fe7c41c8d593fa98e50ef6ed09