SHRP Events Set for TRB's Annual Meeting

The latest developments in the implementation of the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) products and technologies will be featured in sessions, meetings, and exhibits during the Transportation Research Board's (TRB) 76th annual meeting, to be held January 12-16, 1997, in Washington, D.C.

The annual State SHRP coordinators meeting will kick off the SHRP-related activities. The SHRP coordinators will meet Sunday, January 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Washington Ballroom at the Sheraton Washington Hotel. The morning session will provide an overview of the status of SHRP implementation and the on-going long-term pavement performance (LTPP) studies. At noon, the meeting will move to the exhibit hall, for a special session of the Road Savers Fair.

A special session, "Bringing Research to Reality: Shaping the Future of Transportation Research and Technology, " will be held Sunday, January 12, from 3:30 to 5:15 p.m. in the Washington Ballroom at the Sheraton Washington. This session, open to all TRB attendees, will feature State and Federal officials and other leaders of the SHRP initiative. The speakers will reflect on the unique history of SHRP, the lessons learned from the program, and the innovative partnerships formed to implement SHRP products. In addition, speakers will assess how well the expectations of SHRP have been met and highlight results from a recent study on the return on investment in SHRP. The session will also focus on the future role of research and technology as reauthorization of the Federal-aid surface transportation program approaches.

The international SHRP coordinators meeting will take place Monday, January 13, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Kansas Room at the Sheraton Washington. The session, which is open to representatives of highway agencies throughout the world, will provide an update on North American and international LTPP activities. The meeting will also allow an exchange of ideas on international cooperation and future research.

The TRB annual meeting will also feature dozens of presentations on SHRP technologies and research. The highlight will be a special session on the economic benefits of SHRP. A preliminary schedule of all presentations can be found at TRB's World Wide Web site (http://www.nas.edu/trb/meeting/index.html).

For more information on the State coordinators meeting, contact Doug Shaffer at TRB (telephone: 202-334-1430; fax: 202-334-3471; email: dshaffer@nas.edu).

For more information on the international SHRP coordinators meeting, contact Shahed Rowshan at FHWA (telephone: 703-285-2527; fax: 703-285-2767; email: shahed.rowshan@fhwa.dot.gov).

For more information on the TRB annual meeting, call 202-334-3472.

SHRP-Related Sessions at TRB

Bringing Research to Reality: Shaping the Future of Transportation Research and Technology

Sunday, Jan. 12, 1997, 3:30 p.m., SW

Design, Analysis, and Performance of Rigid Pavements

Session 1 (poster session)

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, 8:00 a.m., SW

A Spalling Model for Jointed Plain and Jointed Reinforced Concrete Using the LTPP Database – W. James Wilde, University of Texas, Austin; Dan G. Zollinger, Transtec, Inc.

Analysis of Transverse Cracking Distress in LTPP Jointed Concrete Pavement Sections (GPS 3 and 4) – Eric D. Moody, Applied Transportation Research, Inc.

Improving Pavements with LTPP

Session 10, Allan L. Abbott, Nebraska Department of Roads, presiding

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, 8:00 a.m., SW

Building Pavements that Work: What We Have Learned – Michael I. Darter, ERES Consultants, Inc.

Precision of Annual Traffic Loading – Mark E. Hallenbeck, University of Washington

The Road to the Future – Charles J. Churilla, Federal Highway Administration

Performance Implications of Using Superpave Binder Specifications

Session 30, Gayle N. King, Koch Materials, presiding

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, 10:15 a.m., SW

Binder Properties Versus Pavement Performance for Selected Pennsylvania Test Sites – David A. Anderson, Pennsylvania State University

Relationship Between Binder Tests and Mixture Tests for Rutting and Low Temperature Cracking – Elton R. Brown, National Center for Asphalt Technology

Evaluation of the SHRP PAV Procedure with Long-Term, Low-Temperature Aging Experiments and Asphalt Kinetics – Meng Liu, Christopher H. Domke, Richard R. Davison, Jerry A. Bullin, and Charles J. Glover, Texas A&M University System

Pavement Performance Testing of Asphalts Modified by Different Means – David R. Jones, PRI Asphalt Technologies, Inc.

Establishing a National Distributed Network for the Long-Term Pavement Performance Informational Management System

Shahed Rowshan, Federal Highway Administration; Sandra B. Harris, Science Applications International Corporation; Scott Rabinow, Law Engineering and Environmental Testing Company

In Session 34, Application of Pavement Management Systems Technology

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, 10:15 a.m., SW

Instrumenting the Ohio Test Pavement

Shad M. Sargand, Ohio University; Roger Green, Ohio Department of Transportation; Issam Khoury, Ohio University

In Session 40, Instrumentation of Pavement Sections, Part 2

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, 10:15 a.m., SW

Analysis of LTPP Profile Data for the Jointed Concrete Pavement Sections (GPS 3 and 4)

Eric Moody, Applied Transportation Research, Inc.

In Session 42, Pavement Surface Roughness Measurements

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, 10:15 a.m., OS

Evaluation of the Effect of Aggregate Degradation on Specimens Compacted by Superpave Gyratory Compactor

Ronald Collins, Don Watson, Andrew Johnson, and Yiping Wu, Georgia Department of Transportation

In Session 56, Laboratory Test Methods to Evaluate Quality of Bituminous Mixtures and Aggregates

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m., SW

Characteristics of Asphalt Binders, Part 1

Session 112, David A. Anderson, Pennsylvania State University, presiding

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, 7:30 p.m., SW

Applicability of Superpave Binder Testing Protocols to Modified Binders – Hussain U. Bahia, Dario Perdomo, and Pamela Turner, Asphalt Institute

Development of a Quality Control/Quality Assurance Plan for Superpave Binders Used in Bituminous Mixtures – Darren G. Hazlett, Texas Department of Transportation

Development of the Superpave Direct Tension Device – Raj Dongre and John A. D'Angelo, Federal Highway Administration; Steve McMahon, Instron Corporation

Rehabilitation and Preservation of Oregon's Historic Concrete Coastal Bridges

Galen E. McGill and Terry Shike, Oregon Department of Transportation

In Session 118, Identification and Rehabilitation of Historic Bridges

Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, 7:30 p.m., SW

Assessment of LTPP Manual Distress Data Variability: Bias and Precision

Gonzalo R. Rada, Rajesh Bhandart, and Gary E. Elkins, Law Engineering and Environmental Services; William Bellinger, Federal Highway Administration

In Session 122, Improving the Quality of Pavement Distress Data

Monday, Jan. 14, 1997, 7:30 p.m., OS

Electrochemical Chloride Extraction Treatment for Corroded Concrete Bridges

Session 144, David G. Manning, Ontario Ministry of Transport, presiding

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1997, 8:00 a.m., SW

Norcure Desalination Electrochemical Technology to Arrest Chloride Induced Corrosion in Concrete – E. Nustad Guri, NCT a.s.

The Effect of Electrochemical Chloride Extraction (ECE) on Concrete Properties Part I: Investigation of Field Concrete – John P. Broomfield, Consultant; N.F. Buenfeld, Imperial College

Life Extension of Chloride Contaminated Concrete Structures Using Electrochemical Chloride Extraction – David W. Whitmore, Vector Construction, Ltd.

Pilot Applications of Electrochemical Chloride Extraction on Concrete Bridge Decks in Virginia – Gerardo G. Clemeña, Virginia Transportation Research Council; Donald R. Jackson, Federal Highway Administration

Cost/Benefit Analysis of the Strategic Highway Research Program

Dallas N. Little, Texas A&M University

In Session 167, Measuring Research Benefits

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1997, 8:00 a.m., WH

The Utilization of Torture Tests as an Addendum to the Superpave Mix Design System: A Case Study

Richard M. Anderson, Asphalt Institute; John Bukowski, Federal Highway Administration

In Session 169, Flexible Pavement Construction, Part 2

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1997, 10:15 a.m., SW

Evaluation of LTPP Data Using HDM-III Probabilistic Failure-Time Models for Crack Initiation in Bituminous Pavements

Thomas J. Van Dam, Michigan Technological University; Andrew D. Chesher, University of Bristol, United Kingdom; David G. Peshkin, Applied Pavement Technology

In Session 171, Pavement Management Systems Performance Issues, Part 2

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1997, 10:15 a.m., SW

Experience and Case Studies on the Use of Superpave Aggregate Specifications

Session 201, Rebecca S. McDaniel, North Central Superpave Center, presiding

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1997, 1:30 p.m., SW

Evaluation and Selection of Aggregate Gradations for Asphalt Mixtures Using Superpave – Richard M. Anderson and Hussain U. Bahia, Asphalt Institute

Evaluation of Materials from Northeast Texas Using Superpave Mix Design Technology – Robert B. McGennis, University of Texas, Austin

The Superpave Gradation Restricted Zone and Performance Testing with the Georgia Loaded Wheel Tester – Donald E. Watson, Andrew Johnson, and David Jared, Georgia Department of Transportation

Framework for Selecting Effective Preventive Maintenance Treatments for Flexible Pavements

R. Gary Hicks, Oregon State University; James S. Moulthrop, Moulthrop Technologies, Inc.

In Session 204, Implementing an Effective Preventive Maintenance Program for Pavements

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1997, 1:30 p.m., SW

The Development of a Mechanistic-Empirical Design Model for Uncontrolled Cracking in Jointed Plain Concrete Pavements Using the LTPP GPS-3 Data

Robert O. Rasmussen, Transtech, Inc.; Dan G. Zollinger, Transtec, Inc.

In Session 216, Fatigue and Fracture of Concrete Pavements

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1997, 1:30 p.m., OS

Assessment of Monitoring Data for SPS-3 Maintenance Treatments

Dennis A. Morian and Scott Gibson, Nichols Consulting Engineers, Chtd.; Jon A. Epps, University of Nevada, Reno

In Session 233, Evaluating the Performance of Pavement Maintenance Activities

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1997, 3:45 p.m., SW

Analysis of Pavement Rutting Data From the FHWA Pavement Testing Facility Superpave Validation Survey

Ramon Bonaquist, Federal Highway Administration; Walaa S. Mogawar, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

In Session 284, Verification of Asphalt Mixture Characterization and Performance Using Accelerated Loading Facilities (ALF) and Laboratory Rut Testers

Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997, 8:00 a.m., SW

Assessing the Return on the Investment in SHRP

Session 316, Joseph S. Toole, Federal Highway Administration, presiding

Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997, 10:15 a.m., SW

Saving Money, Time, and Lives with SHRP Products: Reports from State & Local Highway Agencies – Maria V. Ardila-Coulson, University of Nevada, Reno

Assessing the Benefits to Agencies and Users: A Look at the Methodology – Jeffery L. Memmott, Texas A&M University System

Implementation: The Key to the Return on Investment – Jon A. Epps, University of Nevada, Reno

Spreading the Word about the Benefits of Highway Research – Eloise Lundgren, Texas Department of Transportation

Mitigation of Steel Corrosion in Concrete

Session 348, David B. Stokes, FMC Corporation, presiding

Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997, 2:30 p.m., OS

Corrosion Measurements and Bridge Deck Characterization – Ali A. Sohanghpurwala, Concorr, Inc.

Cathodic Protection and Electrochemical Chloride Extraction – John E. Bennett, J.E. Bennett Consultants, Inc.

Development of Precision and Bias Statements for DSR, BBR, PAV Test Methods

David A. Anderson, Pennsylvania State University

In Session 364, Characterization of Asphalt Binders, Part 2

Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997, 7:30 p.m., SW

Use of Superpave Technology for Design and Construction of Rubberized Asphalt Mixtures

Barry H. Takallou, TAK Consulting Engineers, Inc.; Hussain U. Bahia and Dario Perdomo, Asphalt Institute; Robert Schwartz, All American Asphalt

In Session 406, Recycled Rubber and Other Reutilized Materials in Asphalt Paving Mixtures, Part 2

Thursday, Jan. 16, 1997, 10:15 a.m., SW

Evaluation of Superpave Performance Prediction Models for Permanent Deformation

Xishun Zhang, Heritage Research Group

In Session 421, Fatigue and Rutting Characteristics of Hot Mix Asphalt

Thursday, Jan. 16, 1997, 1:30 p.m., SW

Highway agencies across the country are using SHRP technologies to save money, save time, and save lives. To learn more, take a trip to the Road Savers Fair at the TRB annual meeting. The Fair will highlight the benefits of SHRP products and celebrate the 10th anniversary of SHRP's inception.

The Fair will feature exhibits in eight technology areas:

• Superpave system.
• High-performance concrete.
• Anti-icing technologies/road weather information systems.
• Innovative pavement maintenance materials and pavement preservation.
• Alkali-silica reactivity.
• Assessment, protection, and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete structures.
• Long-term pavement performance (LTPP) products and research.
• Work zone safety.

Information will also be available on how highway agencies in local governments and from around the world are implementing SHRP technologies.

Representatives from the Lead States in each technology area will be on hand at each exhibit to answer your questions and discuss their experiences.

The Road Savers Fair will be held in Exhibit Hall B in the Sheraton Washington Hotel. The hours are as follows:

• Sunday, Jan. 12, 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. (reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)
• Monday, Jan. 13, 9:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Jan. 14, 9:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Jan. 15, 10:00 a.m. to noon and 2:00 to 7:30 p.m. (reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)

For more information on the Road Savers Fair, contact Margie Sheriff at FHWA (telephone: 202-366-1747; fax: 202-366-7909; email: margie.sheriff@fhwa.dot.gov).

A Reminder.

Superpave® is a registered trademark and the SHRP logo is a registered service mark of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). To respect the rights of NAS, please keep the following in mind:

• The SHRP logo should only be used with permission from NAS.
• The term Superpave should always begin with a capital letter, and its use should be restricted to references to the official Superpave system of specifications, procedures, tests, and devices.

NAS has granted the Federal Highway Administration, the Transportation Research Board, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials use of these marks.

For more information, contact Neil Hawks at TRB (telephone 202-334-1430; fax: 202-334-3471; email: nhawks@nas.edu)

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