Practical Use of Light Weight Deflectometer for Pavement Design

A light weight deflectometer is a recent version of bearing capacity measuring equipment which has been on the Danish market since the end of the nineties. A light weight deflectometer is handy in the field and can be used at an early stage in the construction process—on subgrade and sand difficult to access for traditional measuring equipment. This is why the equipment has great potential in supplementing or maybe even replacing some of the measurements that are conducted during the design and construction phases today. Before replacing other equipment, it is essential to have a good understanding of the capabilities and how results correlate with traditional devices. This paper reports on a test comparing measurements from several bearing capacity devices; Light Weight deflectometer, Falling Weight Deflectometer, Static Plate Load, Vane test equipment and Dynamic Cone Penetrometer.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
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  CRC Press/Balkema

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• Authors:
  • Baltzer, S
  • Hejlesen, C
  • Korsgaard, H C
  • Jakobsen, P E
• Conference:
  • Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields. 8th International Conference (BCR2A'09)
  • Location: Champaign IL, United States
  • Date: 2009-6-29 to 2009-7-2
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: e-book ISBN 9780203865286
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 859-868
• Monograph Title: Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields. Proceedings of the 8th International BCR2A'09 Conference

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing capacity; Deflectometers; Field tests; Measuring instruments; Pavement design; Paving; Penetrometers; Plate bearing test; Structural health monitoring; Subgrade (Pavements)
• Geographic Terms: Denmark
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01349882
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780415871990
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 16 2011 1:56PM