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| Publication Number: FHWA-RD-99-115 Date: September 1999 |
Publication Number: FHWA-RD-99-115 Date: September 1999 |
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As a part of the Long Term Pavement Perrorrnance (LTPP) Seasonal Monitoring Program, Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) technology has been used to monitor in situ moisture conditions at selected LTPP test sites. The raw TDR wave form data have been available in the LTPP database for some time. However, to be useful in engineering analyses, the raw data must be interpreted to derive estimates of the in situ moisture content. This report documents analysis conducted to develop and apply procedures for interpretation ofthe raw LTPP TDR data. The "computed parameters" - volumetric and gravimetric moisture contents and related parameters - derived through this analysis have been added to the LTIP database.
This report will be of interest to those who wish to use the LTPP seasonaI monitoring dsta, and to other users (or potential users) of TDR technology for in situ moisture monitoring.
T. Paul Teng, Director
Office of Structure, Research and Development
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