EXPERIENCE WITH NONDESTRUCTIVE STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF AIRPORT PAVEMENTS
Nondestructive testing (NDT) has become an accepted and highly requested procedure for evaluation of airport pavements. This paper describes recent improvements and additions that have been made to the NDT procedure described in Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular No. 150/5370-11. The improvements described allow the application of the method to composite pavements, present a method for determination of the radius of relative stiffness from deflection basin measurements, and give procedures for computation of overlay thickness requirements. NDT evaluation results from a number of portland cement concrete airport pavements are presented, and responses from airport operators as to the usefulness of the results are discussed. (Author)
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Concrete Pavement Design, held at Purdue University, April 14-16, 1981.
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Corporate Authors:
Purdue University
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
West Lafayette, IN United States 47907 -
Authors:
- Bush III, A J
- Hall Jr, J W
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1981-4
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 385-397
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Airport runways; Composite pavements; Concrete pavements; Conferences; Evaluation; Improvements; Nondestructive tests; Overlays (Pavements); Pavement design; Pavement performance; Pavements; Stiffness; Test procedures; Thickness
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00334270
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM