A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Guidance for the Next Generation Accelerated Pavement Testing Facilities
Full-scale Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT) facilities are constantly evolving since their inception in terms of their contributions to research/engineering, funding, and facility operations. This paper is intended to serve as a guidance to new facilities that are being initiated, as well as a long-term vision for longstanding facilities such as the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Road Research Facility (MnROAD) and the National Center for Asphalt Technology’s (NCAT) Pavement Test Track. The recommendations provided are based on decades of experience at both facilities. Both facilities have recognized the importance of collaboration and partnership in improving data quality, research impacts, and fiscal responsibility. The benefits of various types of collaborations and partnerships from both facilities are presented. Each facility has learned to cater their research objectives to different customer types or funding sources. MnROAD and NCAT have found it beneficial to utilize their facilities for non-pavement research to offset operating costs and improve relationships with parent agencies and sponsors.
Guidance for the Next Generation Accelerated Pavement Testing Facilities
Full-scale Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT) facilities are constantly evolving since their inception in terms of their contributions to research/engineering, funding, and facility operations. This paper is intended to serve as a guidance to new facilities that are being initiated, as well as a long-term vision for longstanding facilities such as the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Road Research Facility (MnROAD) and the National Center for Asphalt Technology’s (NCAT) Pavement Test Track. The recommendations provided are based on decades of experience at both facilities. Both facilities have recognized the importance of collaboration and partnership in improving data quality, research impacts, and fiscal responsibility. The benefits of various types of collaborations and partnerships from both facilities are presented. Each facility has learned to cater their research objectives to different customer types or funding sources. MnROAD and NCAT have found it beneficial to utilize their facilities for non-pavement research to offset operating costs and improve relationships with parent agencies and sponsors.
Guidance for the Next Generation Accelerated Pavement Testing Facilities
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Chabot, Armelle (editor) / Hornych, Pierre (editor) / Harvey, John (editor) / Loria-Salazar, Luis Guillermo (editor) / Worel, Benjamin (author) / Vrtis, Michael (author) / Buzz Powell, R. (author)
Accelerated Pavement Testing to Transport Infrastructure Innovation ; Chapter: 5 ; 40-48
2020-08-26
9 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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