Smart Airport Pavement Instrumentation and Health Monitoring

Realistic characterization of pavement layer properties and responses under in-situ field conditions is critical for accurate airport pavement life predictions, planning pavement management activities as well as for calibration and validation of mechanistic-based pavement response prediction models. The recent advancements in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Sensor (MEMS)/Nano-Electro-Mechanical Sensor (NEMS) technologies and wireless sensor networks combined with efficient energy scavenging paradigms provide opportunities for long-term, continuous, real-time response measurement and health monitoring of transportation infrastructure systems. This paper presents a summary review of some recent studies that have focused on the development of advanced smart sensing and monitoring systems for highway pavement system with potential applications for long-term airport pavement health monitoring. Some examples of these potential applications include: the use of wireless Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags for determining thermal gradients in pavement layers; self-powered MEMS/NEMS multifunction sensor system capable of real-time, remote monitoring of localized strain, temperature and moisture content in airport pavement that will eventually prevent catastrophic failures such as blow-ups on runways during heat waves.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/DesktopModules/FlexNews/DownloadHandler.ashx?id=cc65473b-0dbe-44cf-94b4-c1589d1b89c4&f=P10067-Yang.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Aviation Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • Yang, Shuo
  • Ceylan, Halil
  • 0000-0003-1133-0366
  • Gopalakrishnan, Kasthurirangan
  • Kim, Sunghwan
  • 0000-0002-1239-2350
• Conference:
  • 2014 FAA Worldwide Airport Technology Transfer Conference
  • Location: Galloway New Jersey, United States
  • Date: 2014-8-5 to 2014-8-7
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: 2014 FAA Worldwide Airport Technology Transfer Conference Proceedings: Innovations in Airport Safety and Pavement Technology

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Instrumentation; Moisture content; Pavement layers; Pavement management systems; Radio frequency identification; Sensors; Strain measurement; Structural health monitoring; Temperature gradients
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01538195
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: P10067
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 25 2014 8:59AM