NTL Record

Title Road Roughness Technology, State of the Art
Record ID 47928
Personal Name
Creator
Balmer, Glenn G.
Corporate Creator United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and Development
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and Development
Publication Date 19731201
Language English
Abstract The paper gives an overview of road roughness technology, lists the most prominent equipment used in longitudinal profile evaluations, and discusses uses of the measurements. Several types of roughness measurement equipment are operational for the purpose of measuring riding quality; whereas, development of equipment, reduction procedures, and meaningful acceptance criteria of roughness for highway safety, for predicting pavement loading from heavy vehicles, and for determining pavement life expectancy have not reached the point where the equipment and procedures are operational for large scale road inventory purposes.
Rosap ID dot:41870
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41870
TRT Terms Roughness; Load tests
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
57892
Report Number FHWA-RD-73-054
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/47000/47900/47928/FHWA-RD-73-54.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository