Implementation of Laser Device for Highway Macro-Texture Measurement

Details

• Creators:
  Liu, Richard ; Chen, Yuanhang ; Chen, Xuemin ; Li, Jing ; Sun, Wei
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Houston. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Accuracy
  • Data collection
  • Equipment
  • Highways
  • Lasers
  • Macrotexture
  • Measurement
  • Noise
  • Pavements
  • Speed
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-06/5-3969-01-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Edition:
  September 1, 2003 – August 31, 2004
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  In project 7-3969, the researchers had successfully developed a new, cheaper high speed texture laser for texture data collection. Based on the project 7-3969, 15 laser-based units which are capable of measuring pavement macro-texture at highway speed are delivered in this project. Compared with the old laser device developed in Project 7-3969, the new version developed in this project has significantly reduced the size, weight, and noise levels, and has improved the standoff distance, measurement range and accuracy. In this report, the laser triangulation method is briefly reviewed. Then, the improvement over the old laser device and the calibration procedures are also presented.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  5-3969-01
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/87079/dot_87079_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 250.53 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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