International Journal of Highway Engineering (한국도로학회논문집)

Korean Society of Road Engineers (한국도로학회)
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Investigation of Minimum Number of Drop Levels and Test Points for FWD Network-Level Testing Protocol in Iowa Department of Transportation

아이오와 주 교통국의 FWD 네트워크 레벨 조사 프로토콜을 위한 최소 하중 재하 수와 조사지점 수의 결정

  • Kim, Yong-Joo (Highway Research Division, KICT) ;
  • Lee, Ho-Sin(David) (Public Policy Center, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Iowa) ;
  • Omundson, Jason S. (Office of Materials, Iowa Department of Transportation)
  • Received : 2010.04.22
  • Accepted : 2010.10.05
  • Published : 2010.12.15
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Abstract

In 2007, Iowa department of transportation (DOT) initiated to run the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) network-level testing along Iowa highway and road systems and to build a comprehensive database of deflection data and subsequent structural analysis, which are used for detecting pavement structure failure, estimating expected life, and calculating overlay requirements over a desired design life. Iowa's current FWD networklevel testing protocol requires that pavements are tested at three-drop level with 8-deflection basin collected at each drop level. The test point is determined by the length of the tested pavement section. However, the current FWD network-level program could cover about 20% of Iowa's highway and road systems annually. Therefore, the current FWD network-level test protocol should be simplified to test more than 20% of Iowa's highway and road systems for the network-level test annually. The main objective of this research is to investigate if the minimum number of drop levels and test points could be reduced to increase the testing production rate and reduce the cost of testing and traffic control without sacrificing the quality of the FWD data. Based upon the limited FWD network-level test data of eighty-three composite pavement sections, there was no significant difference between the mean values of three different response parameters when the number of drop levels and test points were reduced from the current FWD network-level testing protocol. As a result, the production rate of FWD tests would increase and the cost of testing and traffic control would be decreased without sacrificing the quality of the FWD data.

2007년부터 아이오와 주 교통국에서는 고속도로와 국도에서 FWD 장비를 이용하여 네트워크 레벨에 필요한 조사를 실시하였고 처짐 자료와 포장 구조분석 결과를 데이터베이스로 구축하는 작업을 시작하였다. 축적된 데이터베이스에 정보는 포장에 구조적 문제점을 발견하고 포장에 잔류 공용수명을 예측하여 포장에 유지보수 시점을 결정하는데 사용한다. 현재 아이오와 주 교통국에서 사용하고 있는 FWD 네트워크 레벨 조사 프로토콜은 포장 표면에 3번에 하중을 각각 재하하여 8개에 지오폰으로부터 측정한 처짐량을 이용, 역 계산을 통해 포장구조 해석을 수행하고 있으며 조사지점 수는 조사하는 도로의 구간 길이에 따라 결정하고 있다. 그러나, 현재 사용하고 있은 FWD 네트워크 레벨 조사 프로토콜은 1년 동안 아이오와 주 전체 도로 네트워크에 약 20%만을 조사할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 해마다 아이오와 주 도로 네트워크에 20% 이상을 조사하기 위해서는 현재 사용하고 있는 FWD 네트워크 레벨 조사 프로토콜을 간소화해야 할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에 목적은 현재 사용하고 있는 FWD 네트워크 레벨 조사 프로토콜에서 FWD 측정 데이터에 영향을 미치지 않는 범위내에서 최소 하중 재하 수와 조사지점 수를 결정하기 위한 것이다. 83개에 합성포장 구간을 대상으로 측정한 FWD 네트워크 레벨 조사에서는 FWD 네트워크 레벨 조사 프로토콜에서 하중 재하 수와 조사지점 수를 줄여도 포장 구조해석 결과에는 크게 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 간소화된 FWD 네트워크 레벨 조사 프로토콜은 FWD 측정 결과에 영향을 미치지 않으면서 측정 조사율을 높일 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 교통 통제로 인한 간접비용도 절감시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대하고 있다.

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