ENSURING RELIABILITY OF MAYS ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENTS

A measurement device known as the Mays Ride Meter is extensively used to quickly and inexpensively determine relative pavement roughness. Mays results are most commonly used in various rating systems for establishing pavement rehabilitation priorities. This report presents a set of procedures for systematically monitoring the output of the New Jersey Mays device so as to determine if the equipment is functioning properly and providing reliable measurements. Appendix A describes in detail the nature and relative magnitude of the various individual components of Mays measurement variability. The results of this analysis of variance are applied by example to routine Mays decision-making situations faced by operations personnel.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nj.gov/transportation/business/research/reports/FHWA-NJ-1976-005.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  Division of Research and Demonstration, 1035 Parkway Avenue
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Croteau, J
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 51 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis of variance; Highways; Maintenance; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Pavements; Profilometers; Reliability; Roughness
• Old TRIS Terms: Mays ride meter
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143980
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 76-005-7776 Final Rpt., FHWA/NJ/RD-76/005
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 15 1977 12:00AM