NON DESTRUCTIVE AIRPORT PAVEMENT TESTING

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Presented to: 2012 FAA Airport Pavement Working Group Meeting By: Al Larkin, Airport Technology, R & D Date: April 25, 2012

NDT Presentation Outline

Airport Pavement Roughness to be presented by Dr. Hayhoe following NDT Nondestructive Airport Pavement Testing Survey Vehicle High Tire Pressure Grooving and Trafficking Improvements to BAKFAA Heavy Weight Deflectometer Roundup Update to Follow this Presentation
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Proposed Use of the FAA NDT Survey Vehicle

The van is being used as a non-destructive pavement testing platform for airport pavement, The van is to be used in part to assess new and existing non-destructive airport pavement testing technology and software, The van will also be used to acquire non-destructive airport pavement testing data at international and general aviation airports for use at NAPTF and by NAPTF and contractor personnel.

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Status of the NDT Van

After final outfitting, the van will have pavement imaging, Ground Penetrating Radar, GPS, and laser profiling capabilities. The vehicle was purchased in 2009 and delivered in June 2010. The NDT van was delivered in September 2011. The vehicle has completed interior modifications locally and imaging equipment has been used to assess CC-6.
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FAA NDT Survey Vehicle

Laser Based Pavement Imaging System

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FAA NDT Survey Van

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2D Image from CC-6

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3D Image from CC-6

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2D Image from CC-6 Grooving

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Grooving and Trafficking High Tire Pressure (HTP) Area

Construct transverse rectangular and trapezoidal grooves in the HTP area. Both types of grooves will constructed in heated and unheated sections of the HTP. Profile before and after grooving. Continue to profile at frequent intervals during trafficking. Groove deviations will be monitored by Selcom laser profiles and physical measurement using tape measure and depth gage.

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Grooving and Trafficking High Tire Pressure (HTP) Area

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Grooving and Trafficking High Tire Pressure (HTP) Area

HIGH TIRE PRESSURE TESTING AREA

UNHEATED 2

HEATED 2

T R A N S I T I O N

HEATED 1

UNHEATED 1

Station

2 + 97.5

2 + 77.5

2 + 42.5

2 + 37.5

2 + 02.5

1+ 82.5

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Grooving and Trafficking High Tire Pressure (HTP) Area

PROPOSED AREAS TO BE GROOVED IN HIGH TIRE PRESSURE TESTING AREA

fiber optic (2 + 10, 2.5) o HEATED 1

o temperature tree (1 + 96, 6)

UNHEATED 1

CL

Grooved area approx. 15 rectangular 15 trapezoidal

Grooved area approx. 15 rectangular 15 trapezoidal

2 + 02.5 transition between unheated and heated Proposed grooving areas: Heated test item sta. 2 + 03 to 2 + 08 Unheated test item sta. 1 + 96.5 to 2 + 01.5 proposed grooving areas account for 55" drum with approximately (15) rectangular grooves and (15) trapezoidal

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NAPTF Area for HTP Grooving

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Improvements to BAKFAA
ITEMS IN IMPROVED BAKFAA
Redesign as a .Net Application Capability to Process Files in Batch Mode Extended List of Supported File Formats AASHTO PDDX File Conversion Feature Calculation of Joint Transfer Efficiency Provided Compatibility of LEAF with FAARFIELD Output Results to an Excel File Interface Toggle between English and Metric Verification of all GUI Features Incorporation of Optimization Constraints

ITEMS COMPLETED
X X X X X X X X X (ongoing) TBD

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Supported File Types

Equipment Manufacturer Proprietary File Structure R80 F20,F25 FwdWin Associated file extensions .fwd, .hwd .fwd, .F20, .F25 .fwd, .txt .fwd, .hwd .fwd, .hwd, .dat .fwd, .hwd, .dat .txt, .fwd .csv .ddx

Dynatest

KUAB JILS

KUAB M3 M5

Carl Bro PaveTest AASHTO

CarlBro PaveTest PDDX

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Joint Transfer Efficiency

Approaching Loaded Deflection at the center of the plate compared with deflection at first sensor behind center (Sensor 3 at Offset=12.00)

Departing Loaded Deflection at the center of the plate compared with deflection at first sensor in front of center (Sensor 1 at Offset=-12)

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Batch Mode Backcalculation

Save calculation results as .csv file Multiple deflection record selection

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Graphical representation of calculated Modulus by selected record index

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F/HWD Round Up

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Contact Information
Al Larkin Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center National Airport Pavement Test Facility Phone: (609) 485 5552

Email: albert.larkin@faa.gov
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