Accelerated Performance Testing on the 2012 NCAT Pavement Test Track

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 and 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.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/496

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $12231511.00
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(267)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Alabama Department of Transportation

  1409 Coliseum Boulevard
  Montgomery, AL  United States  36130-3050

  Florida Department of Transportation

  605 Suwannee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450

  North Carolina Department of Transportation

  Research and Development
  1549 Mail Service Center
  Raleigh, NC  United States  27699-1549

  Oklahoma Department of Transportation

  200 NE 21st Street
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73105

  South Carolina Department of Transportation

  955 Park Street
  P.O. Box 191
  Columbia, SC  United States  29202-0191

  Tennessee Department of Transportation

  James K. Polk Building
  Fifth and Deaderick Street
  Nashville, TN  United States  37243-0349

  Virginia Department of Transportation

  1401 East Broad Street
  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  Missouri Department of Transportation

  1617 Missouri Boulevard
  P.O. Box 270
  Jefferson City, MO  United States  65102

  Mississippi Department of Transportation

  401 North West Street, P.O. Box 1850
  Jackson, MS  United States  39215-1850

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  No. 2 Capitol Sqaure
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30334-1002
• Project Managers:

  Brown, Jeff

• Start Date: 20120720
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 32155

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Life cycle costing; Mechanistic design; Pavement design; Pavement distress; Pavement maintenance; Test tracks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement preservation
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01548888
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(267)
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 29 2014 1:00AM