Utilization of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Real-Time Testing and Quality Control Monitoring of Aggregate Materials used in Highway Construction

The overall objective of this project is to upgrade quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) in the highway construction industry by developing a real-time laser scanning system to rapidly classify aggregates used in highway construction. The intent is to employ this classification process to (1) Quantify specific engineering properties (e.g., specific gravity, acid insoluble residue, Microdeval loss, etc.); (2) Assess whether an aggregate source will pass or fail a defined engineering property test; (3) Identify and/or quantify the presence of deleterious materials (e.g., reactive aggregates, cherts, etc.); (4) Determine whether aggregate composition or quality is changing during production, and (5) Determine the source material or sources of blended production materials. An aggregate laser scanning system has the potential to be employed in private and government material testing laboratories, where laser scanning of aggregate samples can be undertaken, providing multiple engineering parametric results in near real time.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/616

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $870000
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(364)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration

  707 N. Calvert Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202

  New Mexico Department of Transportation

  1120 Cerrillos Road
  P.O. Box 1149
  Sante Fe, NM  United States  87504-1149

  New York State Department of Transportation

  50 Wolf Road
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Research Program
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223

  Oklahoma Transportation

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

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754
• Project Managers:

  Behzadpour, David

• Start Date: 20170731
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20220630
• Source Data: RiP Project 42067

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Lasers; Quality assurance; Quality control; Real time control; Road construction; Spectroscopy
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01635035
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(364)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 22 2017 9:55AM