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Title:

A Call to Rethink Bounce Tests for Inertial-Profiling Systems

Accession Number:

01124777

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper provides an evaluation and analysis of existing “bounce-test” specifications for inertial road profilers. The analyses are based on simple, intuitive ideas understandable by any engineer. It is shown that existing specifications are internally inconsistent and lack sufficient detail with regard to the parameters involved in a bounce test. A discussion of several of the various sources of errors in inertial road-profiling instruments is given and related to bounce-test criteria. Finally, an alternate criterion is proposed that would eliminate many of the deficiencies in current specifications as well as the associated difficulties in their implementation in the field.

Monograph Accession #:

01120148

Report/Paper Numbers:

09-3656

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Devore, John J
Day, Dwight D
Dyer, Justin S

Pagination:

10p

Publication Date:

2009

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures; Photos; References (4)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-3656

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 30 2009 8:04PM