CONDITION SURVEYS FOR PAVEMENT STRUCTURAL EVALUATION. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Two types of condition surveys for pavement structural evaluation, decision surveys and design surveys, are defined. The decision survey is examined further by using the results of a recent survey conducted among state and other selected highway agencies. Emphasis is placed on the amount and types of distress mechanisms that influence maintenance decisions. The criteria that nondestructive equipment should meet to assist in conducting such surveys are stated, and the effectiveness of the two methods used to collect pavement condition information is compared. A related statistical study that uses Dynaflect is shown, and promising developmental techniques for meausring stiffness and cracking of pavements are presented.

published proceedings

  • Transportation Research Record

author list (cited authors)

  • Lytton, R. L., & Mahoney, J. P.

complete list of authors

  • Lytton, RL||Mahoney, JP

publication date

  • January 1976