Light-weight deflectometer for mechanistic quality control of base course materials

Author(s):  
Ali Ebrahimi ◽  
Tuncer B. Edil
Author(s):  
Emre Akmaz ◽  
Saad Ullah ◽  
Burak F. Tanyu ◽  
Erol F. Guler

Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) is already being recycled as a construction and building material. One of the commonly considered applications is to create an unbound aggregate from this material. However, since the particles of RAP have binder coatings, traditional quality control procedures applied during construction such as use of a nuclear density gauge does not provide accurate results. Therefore there is a need to find another method that can be applied during construction to confirm that the placement in the field meets the design criteria. For this reason, in this study, the suitability of using light weight deflectometer (LWD) has been investigated. The presented methodology outlines how to implement the use of LWD to create a target modulus in the laboratory as part of design criteria and compare with the field measurements. In the field, depending on the thickness of the constructed aggregate layer, the LWD measurements may be influenced by more than just the layer of interest. The presented methodology also provides a solution for such multilayer conditions. Although the study primarily focuses on using RAP as the investigated material, the methodology developed in this study can be applied to any type of unbound aggregate as demonstrated in this study.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siegfried Syafier

Pemadatan merupakan salah satu aktivitas yang perlu mendapat perhatian penuh dalam pelaksanaan konstruksi suatu sistem perkerasan jalan. Untuk itu perlu dilakukan quality control yang ketat dalam pelaksanaannya. Tanah dasar sebagai bagian dari sistem perkerasan jalan merupakan bagian yang tidak terpisahkan dari sistem tersebut. Kebutuhan akan tanah dasar yang kuat dimulai dari proses pemadatan dan pengawasan pelaksanaannya. Light Weight Deflectometer (LWD) Pusjatan menjadi salah satu alternatif alat untuk melaksanakan quality control pemadatan. Terlihat bahwa dengan menggunakan alat LWD Pusjatan ini sebagai alat bantu quality control beberapa keuntungan bisa didapat antara lain efisien dari segi waktu, biaya, dan jumlah personil yang dibutuhkan.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 5166-5171

Pavement evaluation requires the frequent assessment of structural and functional condition. Earlier functional assessment of pavement were rapid and non destructive whereas structural evaluation required destructive testing. With growth in technology the light weight deflectometer (LWD) and ground penetrating radar (GPR) replaced the destructive testing in most part of the world. This paper highlights the use of LWD and GPR as non destructive testing tool in pavement evaluation. LWD and GPR test were conducted on the granular material to investigate the composite modulus of layer for their quality assessment. LWD test results were found to be significantly affected by the base plate diameter, contact between plate and surface layer, whereas drop height does not show significant difference on composite modulus. GPR technology has showed its versatility in pavement layer thickness evaluation, void and crack detection, and sub surface exploration. Ground coupled GPR has been used for subsurface exploration. At project level pavement management system, the combined use of GPR and deflection testing device has resulted in effective monitoring of pavement structural capacity. Hence LWD and GPR had showed its effectiveness for quality control and quality assurance (QC/QA) in PMS.


2016 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 828-835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichiro Kawabata ◽  
Tatsuya Ishikawa ◽  
Shuichi Kameyama

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