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Road Roughness Technology, State of the Art.

PB233172

Publication Date	1973
Personal Author	Balmer, G. G.
Page Count	37
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.
Keywords	Pavements Surface roughness Reviews Measurement Profilometers Safety Performance evaluation Quality assurance Loads(Forces) Slopes Measuring instruments Service life Ratings
Source Agency	Invalid Source Agency Code
NTIS Subject Category	50A - Highway Engineering 85D - Transportation Safety
Corporate Authors	Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C. Structures and Applied Mechanics Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197417

Road Roughness Technology, State of the Art.

Road Roughness Technology, State of the Art.
PB233172

Publication Date	1973
Personal Author	Balmer, G. G.
Page Count	37
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.
Keywords	Pavements Surface roughness Reviews Measurement Profilometers Safety Performance evaluation Quality assurance Loads(Forces) Slopes Measuring instruments Service life Ratings
Source Agency	Invalid Source Agency Code
NTIS Subject Category	50A - Highway Engineering 85D - Transportation Safety
Corporate Authors	Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C. Structures and Applied Mechanics Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197417