A Comparison of Two Inertial Reference Profilometers Used to Evaluate Airfield and Highway Pavements.

Abstract

This thesis documents a comparison of two similar pavement profile measuring systems owned by the United States Air Force and the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation. The comparison includes descriptions of the systems, a copy of the computer program used to interpret the systems' outputs, plotted profiles from each system for visual comparison and all data used in the statistical analysis. Measurements for the comparison were taken on asphalt concrete airfield and highway pavements and on a portland cement concrete runway. Limitations in the comparison experiment restricted conclusions drawn to that of basic comparability for rigid pavements. Definite conclusions could not be drawn concerning flexible pavements. Recommendations include possible mechanical and operational improvements to the systems, and extension or improvement of the comparison. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA031754

Entities

People

  • Chris Edward Doepke

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Programs
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Jet Training Aircraft
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Regression Analysis
  • Research Facilities
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Library and Information Science
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.