PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-08-0010
Project Name:	Federal Highway Administration Support for TPF-5(039) Falling Weight Deflectometer Calibration Center and Operational Improvements
Status:	Completed
Contact:	Last Name: Jiang First Name: Yan (Jane) Telephone: 202-493-3149 E-mail: jane.jiang@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Team:	Long-Term Pavement Performance Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description:	Support activities of the pooled fund study by performing quality assurance reviews of the State-hosted calibration centers, attend and facilitate Technical Advisory Committee meetings, see the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials falling weight deflectometer calibration standard through the review process, and publish the final reports.
Laboratories:	Not Applicable
Start Date:	July 5, 2008
End Date:	July 19, 2010
Funding Amount:	$563,109.00
FHWA Program Name:	Innovative Pavement Research and Deployment
Goals:	The key project objective is reliable and effective pavement design.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	Data not yet available
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Data not yet available
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	The calibration of the falling weight deflectometer provides the best assurance for the accuracy of deflection data and analysis results on all types of falling weight deflectometer applications, including estimating the remaining service life, forensics, and pavement rehabilitation design. The additional calibration centers will provide States access to free falling weight deflectometer calibration services with closer geographic proximity.
Deliverables:	Name: Final report, recommended practice, hardware, software, and manual. Product Type(s): Research report, Promotional materials, Software, Training materials, Hardware, Data, Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines Description: The deliverable is a report describing the overall research effort, software and hardware development, implementation, and documentation. Audiences: Equipment vendors, Researchers, Long-term pavement performance stakeholders, State highway agencies Secondary Audiences:
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Research/Technologies--FHWA Research and Technology Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms:	Deflection Falling Weight Deflectometers Infrastructure Research Pavements Calibration
FHWA Disciplines:	Pavement and Materials
Subject Areas:	Research