NTL Record

Title Calibration, Certification, and Verification of Transverse Pavement Profile Measurements
Record ID 77888
Personal Name
Creator
Altmann, Craig; Ferris, John
Personal Name
Contributor
Mergenmeier, Andrew
Corporate Creator Federal Highway Administration Resource Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 20200101
Language English
Abstract Across the United States, state and local transportation agencies are tasked with collecting transverse profile measurements. Collection of the data is carried out with a variety of systems that operate at the prevailing speed limit. With the wide range ofsystems used to collect data it is critical that transportation agencies know the system used to collect the data is accurate and the reported results are comparable to other measurement systems. This report summarizes the development of standard practices which should be conducted to calibrate, certify, and verify transverse pavement profiling equipment used to collect rut depth, cross-slope, and/or edge/curb detection data. Through implementation of the standard practices and requirement statements presented herein transportation agencies will have the ability to: identify the accuracy and precision of transverse pavement profile measurements, identify if two or more measurement systems are providing results within tolerances, and determine if measurements taken at different times are consistent.
Public Note Mergenmeier, Andrew, FHWA, contract COR.
Rosap ID dot:50563
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50563
TRT Terms Profilometers; Data collection; Measurement; Data analysis
General Subjects Transverse profile; Pavement measurement
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1749126
Contract Number DTFH61-17-C-00009
Report Number FHWA-RC-20-0004
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/77000/77800/77888/FHWA-RC-20-0004.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository