01005175

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/1905-11

http://scholar.google.com...illo&publication_year=2005

The falling weight deflectometer (FWD) is commonly used to perform project- and network-level structural evaluations. Some highway agencies perform network-level FWD testing as a part of their pavement management systems to assess in situ structural capacity, remaining service life, and current rehabilitation needs. Through prediction models, future condition and needs are also estimated. In contrast, project-level FWD testing is typically performed as part of the rehabilitation design process. Calibrated FWD equipment provides repeatable data for a pavement section (i.e., data obtained with the same unit, at the same location, and under similar conditions). However, different FWD devices manufactured by the same or different manufacturers do not necessarily provide similar deflection basins when they test the same section, even if they are calibrated. This paper summarizes the results of a study performed for the New Jersey Department of Transportation to assess the differences among the FWD devices available in New Jersey and to correlate the results obtained with the different devices. Two rounds of testing were performed on flexible and rigid pavement sections located in the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City. The first testing cycle was performed in November 2002, and the second was performed in May 2004. The analysis results indicate that significant differences in repeatability and reproducibility may exist between different FWD devices.

01005160

English

pp 90-96

2005

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

0309093775

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Figures (6) ; References (5) ; Tables (5)

Correlation analysis; Falling weight deflectometers; Flexible pavements; Rigid pavements

Repeatability; Reproducibility

New Jersey

Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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