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      <title>Accelerated Performance Testing on the 2024 NCAT Pavement Test Track with MnROAD Research Partnership</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The primary objectives of the pooled fund project described herein will be: 1) Constructing, maintaining, and/or rebuilding experimental pavements on the existing 1.7-mile National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) test oval and the MnROAD mainline bypass that are representative of in-service roadways on the open transportation infrastructure; 2) Applying accelerated performance truck traffic after construction for the duration of the 3-year research cycle; 3) Assessing/comparing the functional and structural field performance of trafficked sections on a regular basis via surface and subsurface measures; 4) Validating/calibrating new and existing methodologies for analysis and design using pavement surface condition, pavement load response, precise traffic and environmental logging, and cumulative damage; 5) Correlating field results with laboratory data for both mix and structural performance; and 6) 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.  For example, can pavement thickness be reduced as a result of the addition of mix additives, and if so does the thickness reduction offset any additional cost of construction?  
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      <title>Accelerated Performance Testing on the 2021 NCAT Pavement Test Track with MnROAD Research Partnership</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The primary objectives of the pooled fund project described herein will be: 1) Constructing experimental pavements on the existing 1.7-mile NCAT test oval and the MnROAD mainline bypass that are representative of in-service roadways on the open transportation infrastructure; 2) Applying accelerated performance truck traffic after construction for the duration of the 3-year research cycle; 3) Assessing/comparing the functional and structural field performance of trafficked sections on a regular basis via surface and subsurface measures; 4) Validating/calibrating new and existing methodologies for analysis and design using pavement surface condition, pavement load response, precise traffic and environmental logging, and cumulative damage; 5) Correlating field results with laboratory data for both mix and structural performance; and 6) 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. For example, can pavement thickness be reduced as a result of the addition of premium mix additives, and if so does the thickness reduction offset the additional cost of construction.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:42:01 GMT</pubDate>
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