Development of the Total Pavement Acceptance Device (TPAD) and Initial Pavement Studies

A new, multi-function pavement testing device has been developed by a joint effort between Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University through TxDOT Research Project 0-6005. This device is called the total pavement acceptance device (TPAD). The objective of TPAD testing is to nondestructively and nonintrusively investigate the structural conditions of the pavement. The performance of the TPAD was tested on three types of pavements: a jointed concrete pavement (JCP) at the TxDOT Flight Services Facility; a continuously reinforced pavement on US 287 near Wichita Falls, Texas; and a hot-mix asphalt on US 290 near Houston, Texas. The multi-functions of the TPAD enable a robust evaluation of the pavement conditions in a single pass in relatively short time. With the TPAD, the pavement deflections, subsurface conditions, surface temperatures, and profiling distances are simultaneously collected and processed. Besides evaluating the pavement condition in nearly real time, the engineer can also identify additional zones that may require further testing.

• Record URL:
  https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/hostedPDFs/txdot/psr/0-6005-s.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Transportation Research, 1616 Guadalupe Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-1255

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Stokoe II, Kenneth H
  • Lee, Jung-Su
  • Nam, Boo-Hyun
  • Hayes, Richard
  • Scullion, Tom
  • Liu, Wenting
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 2p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceptance tests; Ground penetrating radar; Nondestructive tests; Pavement performance; Testing equipment
• Identifier Terms: Total Pavement Acceptance Devices
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rolling dynamic deflectometers
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01480966
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 0-6005
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 8 2013 11:29AM