Implementation of 'Smart Equipment' in Field Construction

Details

• Creators:
  Meehan, Christopher L. ; Baker, William J
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Delaware. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Data collection
  • Decision making
  • Earthwork
  • Quality assurance
  • Quality control
  • Real time information
  • Retrofitting
  • Road construction
  • Soil Compaction
  • Continuous Compaction Control
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Delaware ; United States
• Edition:
  Final, 6/1/15 – 5/31/19
• Corporate Publisher:
  Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research
• Abstract:
  The goal of this study was to examine the potential benefit of Continuous Compaction Control (CCC) technology, which allows for near continuous collection of compaction effort information during the compaction process of earthwork construction operations. For this project, a CCC retrofit kit was installed on an existing smooth drum compaction roller, and CCC data was collected during active construction of US 301, Section 3 located in Middletown, DE. The focus of this study was to determine the overall benefits of collecting CCC data during active earthwork construction to determine if contractors, state agencies and other parties of interest could benefit from the use of CCC data, especially for making real time decisions regarding the compaction process. The results from this study indicated that CCC data was able to identify underlying soft soil and was sensitive to changes in material. The results also indicated that CCC data followed the same general trends of identifying poorly- and well compacted subgrade materials when compared against traditional in situ testing methods.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT13-G-UTC33
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41712/dot_41712_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.68 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:44ea660dbafcb64e9e8e2618af4f6a9cdc2865ec1e4ee3c0ec417320d00d6414