Virtual Training Tools for Transportation Infrastructure Construction

Turkiyyah, George M.; Mahoney, Joe P.; Batchelor, Drew

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Virtual Training Tools for Transportation Infrastructure Construction

2005-03-01
By Turkiyyah, George M. ; Mahoney, Joe P. ; Batchelor, Drew

File Language:

English

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Creators:

Turkiyyah, George M. ; Mahoney, Joe P. ; Batchelor, Drew
Corporate Creators:

Transportation Northwest Regional Center X (TransNow) (UTC) ; University of Washington. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary ; University of Washington
Subject/TRT Terms:
Publication/ Report Number:

TNW2005-06
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final Report
Corporate Publisher:

Transportation Northwest (TransNow) UTC ; University of Washington. Dept. of Civil Engineering
Description:

This project’s ultimate goal was to bring cost-effective interactive 3D training environments to contractors and state agencies. This was accomplished by developing and testing a second version of the XPactor training simulation software. While the original XPactor simulator focused exclusively on a single compactor operator in a single paving scenario, the enhancements expand the capabilities of the previous system and work towards creating a virtual hot mix asphalt (HMA) paving construction site. This site will allow multiple users to interact with one another and assume a variety of key construction roles including paver operator, multiple types of compactor operators, site coordinator, and even public motorist. The virtual site is configurable to present users with a rich set of construction projects, such as paving different geometries like multilane, curved, and inclined roads, and paving under different environmental conditions including weather, time of day (night), and traffic patterns. As with the current version, the trainer will be able to set these parameters at runtime in order to customize training.
Format:

PDF
Funding:

DTRS99-G-0010
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39070/dot_39070_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 588.77 KB]
Collection(s):

University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:f5900c439d8c752ec1ecb62de6caec93c8bbad86bf49075de1fe14f07e590d09

File Language:

English

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