International Journal of Highway Engineering (한국도로학회논문집)
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.139-148
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- 2000
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- 1738-7159(pISSN)
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- 2287-3678(eISSN)
Development Status of Korea Accelerated Loading and Environment Simulator (KALES)
한국형 포장가속시험시설의 개발현황
- Published : 2000.06.01
Abstract
Currently existing Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT) systems developed in several countries have been employed mainly to test the performance of asphalt pavement. Meanwhile, the length of concrete pavement is similar to that of asphalt pavement in expressways of Korea. and is expected to increase due to its durability and compatibility to our weather condition. To meet the society's demand of having our own APT system which can examine the long-term performance of concrete pavement, a contract study to develop Korea Accelerated Loading and Environment Simulator (KALES) for concrete pavement has been performed for 3 years from 1997 through 1999. Through the project, a detailed design was Peformed for the KALES system in which the entire structure of KALES, loading mechanism, wandering mechanism, suspension system, driving system were proposed. Also in advance to design a full-scale KALES system, a sample scale model was manufactured and tested for operating motion and force distribution. It is evident that the proposed prototype KALES system will provide higher degree of traffic simulation and durable operation, based on the satisfactory fatigue analysis.
외국의 포장가속시험기는 대부분 아스팔트포장의 시험을 주된 목적으로 개발되었다. 그러나, 국내의 고속도로는 콘크리트포장과 아스팔트포장이 거의 같은 연장을 유지하고 있는 실정으로 콘크리트포장의 활용이 예상되어 콘크리트 포장의 시험을 위한 독자적인 포장가속시험시설의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 따라서 한국의 실정에 알맞은 콘크리트/아스팔트포장 '시험용 포장가속 시험시설'을 개발하기 위하여 1997년부터 1999년 동안의 3년간 연구를 수행하였다. 1차 연도에서는 포장가속시험시설을 제작하는데 필요한 기본적인 사양과 기본 시스템 설계에 관한 기초연구가 이루어 졌고, 2