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Project ID:FHWA-PROJ-13-0015
Project Name: Flooded Pavement Assessment Methods
Status: Programmed
Contact:Last Name:   Sherwood
First Name:   James A
Telephone:  202-493-3150
E-mail:         jim.sherwood@dot.gov
Organization:Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office: Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Team: Pavement Design and Construction Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s): Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description: This project will determine the optimum time to reopen pavements to traffic after floods, when emergency and repair vehicles can be allowed back on pavements, and the long-term effects of these vehicles on long-term pavement performance.
Laboratories: Not Applicable
Start Date: August 8, 2013
End Date: September 29, 2016
Funding Amount:$0.00
FHWA Program Name: Innovative Pavement Research and Deployment
Goals:
The objectives of this project are to determine the best time to open pavements after floods and to develop models for long-term effects of floods on pavement performance and life.
Project Type: Offsite
Background Information: Data not yet available
Test Methodology: Develop work plan, collect data, and develop models.
Other Information: Data not yet available
Partners: Data not yet available
More Information URL(s):
Fieldtest: Data not yet available
Expected Benefits: Longer life of pavements.
Deliverables: Name: Report to document procedures developed for flooded pavements.
Product Type(s): Research report
Description: Report(s) and user manuals or design procedures, including computer programs.
Audiences: City and county agencies, Federal Highway Administration, Other highway agencies, Pavement designers, Pavement engineers, Researchers, State departments of transportation, State highway agencies, State revenue officials
Secondary Audiences: Design engineers, Pavement Managers
Related URL(s):
Project Findings: Data not yet available
FHWA Topics: Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms: Soils
Pavements
Research
Infrastructure
Floods
Climate
Repairing
Service Life
Design
Instrumentation
FHWA Disciplines: Pavement and Materials
Subject Areas: Pavements