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Examples of Currently Funded Projects

Evaluation of the R1-37A Rigid Pavement Design Procedure

Sponsoring Agency: Federal Highway Administration
Pitt Expenditures/Duration: $100,000/1 year
Collaborators: ARA, AMT

Using Falling Weight Deflectometer Data with Mechanistic-Empirical Design and Analysis

Sponsoring Agency: Federal Highway Administration
Pitt Expenditures/Duration: $51,000/1.5 year
Collaborators: ApTech, MSU
Objective:

  1. Backcalculate layer properties
  2. Detect voids
  3. Characterize joint performance


Composite Pavement Systems

Sponsoring Agency: SHRP 2/TRB/NAS
Pitt Expenditures/Duration: $102,000/4 year
Collaborators: ARA, U of Mn, U of C Davis, Mn/ROAD
Objective: Investigate the design and construction of new composite pavement systems
Pitt's Role:

  1. Instrumentation of Test Sections
  2. Use of instrumentation data for model calibration/validation

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