Advancements in Profiler Certification

Building smooth roads extends the life of pavements while lowering fuel consumption and vehicle maintenance costs. This project’s aim is to help the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) implement the latest technology in collecting ride-quality data or measuring road smoothness. Researchers will validate proposed tests for inertial profilers, a device that measures pavement’s smoothness, and investigate improvements to IDOT’s Illinois Certification and Research Track. Successfully implementing the latest technology will allow IDOT to make better decisions on what roads need to be addressed as well as provide data for underserved areas.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $371238
• Contract Numbers:

  R27-263

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
  126 East Ash Street
  Springfield, IL  United States  62704-4766
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois Center for Transportation
  1611 Titan Drive
  Rantoul, IL  United States  61866
• Principal Investigators:

  Karamihas, Steve

  Smith, Kelly

• Start Date: 20240801
• Expected Completion Date: 20260731
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Profilometers; Ride quality; Smoothness; Surface course (Pavements); Underserved communities
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01926284
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: R27-263
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 1 2024 9:33AM