Title: Evaluating Innovative Pavement Technologies Through Laboratory and Field Testing
Abstract: New and improved pavement technologies are developed through laboratory investigations, construction and maintenance, theoretical analyses, long term performance studies such as SHRP and C-SHRP, and integrated programs of laboratory and field research. It is the latter which is the subject of this paper. In 2002 the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Ontario Innovation Trust (OIT), Ontario Research and Development Foundation (ORDCF), and several private and public sector partners provided $9 million in total in research funding. The first major initiative to occur under this support is an integrated laboratory and field research program involving new state-of-the-art testing equipment, and new expanded field and central laboratories and central and satellite field test sections. This paper concentrates on how the test track is being used in combination with the laboratory to improve Canadian pavement design, construction and management. Results obtained from the central laboratory in combination with the field test track and satellite test tracks are providing useful information for CPATT partners. Furthermore, they are providing an excellent opportunity to train and educate a new generation of pavement engineers. The paper also provides several conclusions and recommendations on the future opportunities for further advancements in pavement technologies. For th ecovering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E215163.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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