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Achieving A High Level of Smoothness in Concrete Pavements Without Sacrificing Long-Term Performance

Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-05-068
Date: October 2005

Achieving A High Level of Smoothness in Concrete Pavements Without Sacrificing Long-Term Performance

APPENDIX D. CURVATURE INDEX VALUES FOR GPS-3 SECTIONS

Tables 78 and 79 present curvature index values at nondoweled and doweled GPS-3 sections, respectively.

Table 78. CI at nondoweled sections.
Data Set	Section ID	State	Construction Date	First Profile Date	Last Profile Date	Average IRI (m/km)		CI × 1,000 (1/m)
Data Set	Section ID	State	Construction Date	First Profile Date	Last Profile Date	First Profile Date	Last Profile Date	First Profile Date	Last Profile Date
Set 1	47613	AZ	10/1/81	3/22/90	2/18/99	1.61	1.56	0.236	0.108
Set 1	63013	CA	7/1/82	1/29/90	3/19/02	1.83	1.76	1.079	0.560
Set 1	67493	CA	6/1/83	1/30/90	3/9/00	1.41	1.46	0.044	0.187
Set 1	163023	ID	12/1/83	10/17/89	8/1/01	1.53	1.59	0.048	0.234
Set 1	313023	NE	6/1/84	4/16/90	5/15/01	1.13	1.27	0.132	-0.018
Set 1	313024	NE	12/1/84	5/3/90	4/25/02	1.44	1.60	-0.071	-0.055
Set 1	313028	NE	4/1/81	5/3/90	4/25/02	1.20	1.31	-0.005	-0.234
Set 1	404157	OK	3/1/86	1/25/91	5/9/01	1.08	1.21	-0.009	0.066
Set 1	463053	SD	10/1/85	11/18/89	10/3/01	1.16	1.31	0.150	-0.001
Set 1	533014	WA	4/1/87	10/25/89	5/9/01	0.97	1.08	0.117	0.159
Set 1	556354	WI	8/1/89	6/5/90	7/16/01	1.24	1.24	-0.042	-0.150

Set 2	63024	CA	11/1/80	1/29/90	3/21/02	1.52	1.88	0.337	0.279
Set 2	203013	KS	1/1/84	4/11/90	4/23/02	1.59	1.99	0.102	-0.033
Set 2	383006	ND	10/1/87	10/23/89	10/7/01	0.89	1.38	0.030	0.676
Set 2	493015	UT	9/1/85	6/29/89	9/9/01	1.97	2.30	-0.051	-0.432
Set 2	497082	UT	11/1/90	9/18/91	9/2/01	0.91	1.29	-0.021	0.266
Set 2	497083	UT	7/1/89	10/23/91	9/8/01	1.26	1.31	-0.043	0.127
Set 2	533019	WA	8/1/86	10/25/89	5/10/01	1.16	1.28	0.218	0.391
Set 2	537409	WA	5/1/81	10/24/89	5/9/01	1.21	1.48	0.071	0.050
Set 2	553016	WI	9/1/86	6/5/90	4/19/99	1.24	1.54	0.167	0.105
Set 2	556351	WI	8/1/89	6/4/90	7/16/01	1.99	2.29	-0.362	-0.319
Set 2	556353	WI	8/1/89	6/5/90	7/16/01	1.50	1.82	-0.124	0.206

Set 3	203060	KS	12/1/84	4/11/90	4/23/02	1.11	1.88	-0.083	-0.358
Set 3	313018	NE	6/1/85	4/16/90	6/13/01	1.29	2.27	0.005	0.825
Set 3	313033	NE	9/1/86	11/19/89	4/26/02	0.83	1.95	0.036	0.767
Set 3	323010	NV	8/1/82	9/6/89	10/15/99	2.23	3.02	0.304	0.188
Set 3	323013	NV	12/1/81	9/30/89	8/26/98	1.76	2.17	0.178	0.249
Set 3	383005	ND	7/1/85	10/24/89	10/9/01	1.35	1.85	0.358	1.187
Set 3	463010	SD	9/1/83	11/13/89	5/15/99	2.06	2.52	0.572	1.035
Set 3	493011	UT	3/1/80	8/2/89	9/9/01	1.32	2.66	0.094	1.383
Set 3	553015	WI	10/1/84	6/5/90	4/20/99	1.96	2.89	0.526	0.574
Set 3	563027	WY	6/1/81	6/28/89	10/18/01	2.24	4.20	0.508	0.889
Set 3	833802	MB	10/1/85	10/18/89	3/12/00	1.83	4.22	0.287	0.822

1 m/km = 63.4 inches/mi
1/m = 1/3.28 ft

Table 79. CI at doweled sections.
Data Set	Section ID	State	Construction Date	First Profile Date	Last Profile Date	Average IRI (m/km)		CI × 1,000 (1/m)
Data Set	Section ID	State	Construction Date	First Profile Date	Last Profile Date	First Profile Date	Last Profile Date	First Profile Date	Last Profile Date
Set 1	53011	AR	5/1/83	11/29/90	1/23/01	1.13	1.25	0.093	0.046
Set 1	124059	FL	6/1/89	7/13/90	9/12/00	0.99	1.03	-0.045	-0.121
Set 1	124109	FL	3/1/89	7/13/90	9/12/00	1.90	1.94	0.127	0.084
Set 1	133007	GA	12/1/81	8/3/90	8/6/01	1.76	1.80	-0.006	0.313
Set 1	133020	GA	9/1/85	6/14/90	8/15/01	1.37	1.37	-0.128	0.044
Set 1	193033	IA	1/1/84	6/13/90	8/8/01	1.69	1.67	-0.171	-0.010
Set 1	203015	KS	1/1/85	4/14/90	4/18/02	1.10	1.29	-0.058	-0.253
Set 1	213016	KY	11/1/85	12/4/89	2/8/02	1.53	1.55	0.066	0.501
Set 1	353010	NM	6/1/84	10/18/90	11/14/01	1.38	1.42	0.085	0.274
Set 1	373807	NC	8/1/80	2/6/90	7/6/00	1.81	1.83	-0.008	0.023
Set 1	393801	OH	12/1/83	9/28/89	11/6/01	1.90	1.97	-0.065	-0.065
Set 1	421623	PA	6/1/83	11/5/89	11/13/00	1.32	1.33	-0.028	0.013
Set 1	423044	PA	12/1/85	11/22/89	6/11/00	2.37	2.19	-0.091	-0.127
Set 1	453012	SC	4/1/82	7/31/90	8/18/01	1.12	1.20	0.005	-0.057
Set 1	483010	TX	10/1/84	4/12/90	10/23/01	2.17	2.18	-0.246	-0.031
Set 1	556352	WI	8/1/89	6/5/90	7/16/01	1.23	1.33	-0.116	-0.053
Set 1	556355	WI	8/1/89	6/27/90	7/16/01	1.68	1.61	-0.044	-0.380
Set 1	893016	QB	9/1/84	9/23/89	5/12/99	3.00	2.97	-0.108	-0.475

Set 2	47614	AZ	5/1/84	3/24/90	11/13/01	1.02	1.33	-0.057	0.462
Set 2	87776	CO	8/1/88	4/27/90	9/4/01	1.39	1.67	-0.022	-0.162
Set 2	124057	FL	6/1/86	7/3/90	9/7/00	0.76	1.00	-0.023	0.028
Set 2	133019	GA	12/1/81	8/3/90	3/14/02	1.46	1.82	0.039	-0.238
Set 2	183030	IN	1/1/81	10/4/89	11/9/01	1.55	1.95	-0.043	0.176
Set 2	193028	IA	6/1/85	6/13/90	8/8/01	1.69	1.99	0.021	-0.427
Set 2	273013	MN	10/1/85	6/21/90	8/15/01	1.28	1.66	-0.142	0.563
Set 2	283018	MS	11/1/84	12/5/90	3/26/01	1.69	1.95	-0.075	-0.115

Set 3	123804	FL	9/1/85	7/3/90	9/7/00	1.52	2.12	-0.005	-0.206
Set 3	163017	ID	11/1/86	9/7/89	8/2/01	1.58	2.04	-0.077	-0.483
Set 3	273003	MN	11/1/86	6/20/90	8/22/01	1.94	2.64	-0.876	-1.642
Set 3	283019	MS	11/1/84	12/6/90	3/26/01	1.58	2.13	0.083	-0.043
Set 3	373008	NC	6/1/84	3/15/90	4/22/02	1.79	2.17	-0.081	-0.392
Set 3	893015	QB	9/1/84	9/23/89	5/12/99	1.16	3.02	-0.069	-0.411

1 m/km = 63.4 inches/mi
1/m = 1/3.28 ft

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