States Take a Smoother Route

Free software from the Federal Highway Administration has been updated to include new features making it easier to adapt to different agencies' needs and capabilities. The software, called ProVAL (Profile Viewing and Analysis), processes pavement profile data, allowing users to analyze information collected by inertial pavement profile measuring equipment. It uses lasers and other devices to measure pavement smoothness with indexes, including the International Roughness Index (IRI). ProVAL is unique in its ability to synthesize data from different profilers and standardize it using a common format. Its data format was recently adopted as an ASTM International standard, "E 2560-67: Standard Specification for Data Format for Pavement Profile." The software can be downloaded at the FHWA Web site created for it http://www.roadprofile.com (accessed September 2007).

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/11660022
• Authors:
  • Orthmeyer, Robert
• Publication Date: 2007-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: p 20
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt; Computer aided design; Pavement performance; Smoothness; Texture
• Identifier Terms: ProVAL (Computer program)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01077151
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 2007 12:29PM