CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SECTION

RESEARCH ON DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT INCLUDES: (1) A BIG HOLE DRILLING MACHINE FOR THE FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION OF LARGE STRUCTURES IN THE SEA; (2) FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES TO DEVELOP AN OPERATORLESS BULLDOZER CONTROLLED AUTOMATICALLY BY PRE-SET PROGRAMS; (3) A DEFLECT-GRAPH TO MAKE POSSIBLE THE MASUREMENT DEFLECTION OF ROAD SURFACE CONTINUOUSLY AND AUTOMATICALLY; AND (4) A SAND JETTING MACHINE FOR IMMERSED TUNNELS AND AN EXCAVATION SYSTEM ON THE SEA BOTTOM. RESEARCH ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING PERFORMANCE AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERS OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CONTAINS: (1) FIELD EXPERIMENTS TO DEVELOP COMPACTED SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT (2) FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ON COMPACTABILITY AND FINISHABILITY OF THE CONCRETE PAVERS; (3) STUDY OF COMPUTERIZED ESTIMATION ON THE PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY OF EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT; (4) STUDIES ON ROCK CUTTING APPLIED TO MECHANICAL BORINGS, USING DRILLING TEST STAND AND A TWO DIMENSIONAL CUTTING APPARATUS; (5) KEEP-AWAY- METHODS FORM NOISE AND VIBRATIONS DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS; AND (6) OPTIMUM CONDITIONS IN MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.

• Corporate Authors:

  Public Works Res Inst, Cm /Japan

  /Chiba Branch
  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 16-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Compactors; Construction equipment; Earthwork; Excavating equipment; Future; Mechanical analysis; Noise control; Performance; Research; Snow removal
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compaction equipment; Future research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218981
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 1972 12:00AM