Profile Analysis of the LTPP SPS-1 Site in Arizona

This report characterizes the longitudinal profiles of sixteen pavement sections within the Arizona Specific Pavement Studies 1 project throughout their service life. This project was built and monitored as part of the Long-Term Pavement Performance Study. Road profile measurements were collected on this site about once per year since the winter after it was opened to traffic. This study analyzed the profiles in detail by calculating their roughness values, examining the spatial distribution of roughness within them, viewing them with post-processing filters, and examining their spectral properties. These analyses provided details about the roughness characteristics of the road and provided a basis for quantifying and explaining the changes in roughness with time, as well as linking profile properties to each section’s maintenance history and observations of surface distress.

• Record URL:
  • http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/55478
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

  2901 Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109-2150

  Nichols Consulting Engineers, Chartered

  1885 South Arlington Avenue, Suite 111
  Reno, NV  United States  89509
• Authors:
  • Karamihas, Steven M
• Publication Date: 2007-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 78p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Measurement; Pavement distress; Pavement maintenance; Pavement performance; Roughness; Surface course (Pavements)
• Identifier Terms: Long-Term Pavement Performance Program; Specific Pavement Studies (LTPP); SPS-1
• Uncontrolled Terms: Longitudinal profile; Pavement test sections
• Geographic Terms: Arizona
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01076633
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTRI-2007-16
• Contract Numbers: N004327
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 21 2007 1:54PM