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CONSISTENCY OF ROUGHNESS AND RUT DEPTH MEASUREMENT COLLECTED WITH 11 SOUTH DAKOTA ROAD PROFILERS

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00642394

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Abstract:

Pavement roughness has long been recognized as a primary indicator of pavement performance. To provide accurate and reliable roughness measurements, the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) designed and constructed a profilometer system in 1982. This system was later improved and enhanced by adding more sensors for rut measurements. The increased interest in the road profiler resulted in the establishment in 1989 of the South Dakota Road Profiler User's Group (SDRPUG). During the Third Annual SDRPUG meeting in Minnesota in 1991, international roughness index and rut depth data were collected with 11 road profilers on 4 different pavement surfaces. These selected pavement types were concrete, bituminous, concrete-bituminous over concrete, and bituminous over concrete. Each road profiler was run three time over each test section. The collected data were then reduced and analyzed statistically. The main objective of the statistical analysis was to determine whether the differences in roughness and rut measurements obtained with the 11 road profilers were statistically significant. The experiment and the statistical analysis are described in detail. In addition, specific recommendations are provided for the need to establish calibration procedures to ensure consistency in roughness and rut depth measurements obtained nationwide.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1410, Pavement Monitoring and Evaluation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01403259

Language:

English

Authors:

Asnani, Sanjay
Ksaibati, Khaled

ORCID 0000-0002-9241-1792

Al-Suleiman, Turki I

Pagination:

p. 41-51

Publication Date:

1993

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1410
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309055571

Features:

Figures (3) ; References (2) ; Tables (8)

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Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Pavements; Research; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces

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TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 18 1994 12:00AM

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