Accelerated Performance Testing on the 2012 NCAT Pavement Test Track

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Accelerated Performance Testing on the 2012 NCAT Pavement Test Track http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/496 Record Type: RiP The objectives of this research project will be: (1) Constructing 200 ft test sections on the existing 1.7-mile National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) test oval that are representative of in-service roadways; (2) Applying accelerated performance truck traffic in the 2 years following construction; (3) Assessing/comparing the functional & structural field performance of trafficked sections on a regular basis via surface and subsurface measures; (4) Validating/calibrating new & existing mechanistic-empirical (M-E) approaches to pavement analysis and design using pavement surface condition, pavement load response, precise traffic and environmental logging, and cumulative damage; (5) Determining the life cycle cost of various pavement preservation alternatives in a highly controlled experiment that will provide state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) with the financial foundation to begin to build a decision tree for their own maintenance program; (6) Correlating field results with laboratory data for both mechanistic and preservation applications; and (7) Answering practical questions posed by research sponsors through formal (i.e., reports and technical papers) and informal (e.g., one-on-one responses to sponsor inquiries) technology transfer. Start date: 2012/7/20 Status: Programmed Secondary Number: TPF-5(267) Total Dollars: 11621511 Source Organization: Federal Highway Administration Date Added: 07/20/2012 Index Terms: Pavement design, Test tracks, Mechanistic design, Pavement distress, Life cycle costing, Pavement preservation, Pavement maintenance,

Sponsor Organization		Project Manager
Georgia Department of Transportation No. 2 Capitol Sqaure Atlanta, GA 30334-1002 USA Mississippi Department of Transportation http://www.goMDOT.com/ P.O. Box 1850 401 North West Street Jackson, MS 39215-1850 USA Phone: (601) 359-7001 Fax: (601) 359-7050 Missouri Department of Transportation http://www.modot.org 1617 Missouri Boulevard P.O. Box 270 Jefferson City, MO 65102 USA Phone: (888) ASK-MODOT Fax: (573) 526-4324 Virginia Department of Transportation http://virginiadot.org/ 1401 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 USA Tennessee Department of Transportation http://www.tdot.state.tn.us James K. Polk Building Fifth and Deaderick Street Nashville, TN 37243-0349 USA Phone: (615) 532-9838 South Carolina Department of Transportation http://www.dot.state.sc.us/ 955 Park Street P.O. Box 191 Columbia, SC 29202-0191 USA Phone: (803) 737-2314 Oklahoma Department of Transportation http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/ 200 NE 21st Street Oklahoma City, OK 73105 USA North Carolina Department of Transportation www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/tpb/research/ Research and Development 1549 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1549 USA Phone: (919) 508-1790 Fax: (919) 715-0137 Florida Department of Transportation http://www.dot.state.fl.us/research-center/ Research Center 605 Suwannee Street MS-30 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450 USA Phone: (850) 414-4615 Fax: (850) 414-4696 Alabama Department of Transportation 1409 Coliseum Boulevard Montgomery, AL 36130-3050 USA Phone: (334) 242-6438 Federal Highway Administration http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 USA Phone: (202) 366-4000		Brown, Jeff Phone: (334) 353-6941 Email: brownje@dot.state.al.us

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Subjects
Highways Design Pavements