Accelerated Testing Track, HR-7, 1951

(1951) Accelerated Testing Track, HR-7, 1951. Transportation, Department of

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Abstract

In May 1950 a proposal for a research project was submitted to the newly formed Iowa Highway Research Board for consideration and action. This project, designated RPSl by the Board, encompassed the study, development, preparation of preliminary plans and specifications for the construction of a wheel track to be used in the accelerated testing of highway pavements. The device envisioned in the proposal was a circular track about seventy-five feet in diameter equipped with a suitable automobile-tired device to test pavements about five feet in width laid into the track under regular construction practices by small scale construction equipment. The Board, upon review, revised and expanded the basic concepts of the project. The project as revised by the Board included a study of the feasibility of developing, constructing and operating an accelerated testing track in which pavements, bases and subgrades may be laid one full lane, or at least ten feet, in width by full size construction equipment in conformity with usual construction practices. The pavements so laid are to be subjected, during test, to conditions as nearly simulating actual traffic as possible.

Item Type: Departmental Report
Keywords: Accelerated tests, Base course (Pavements), Pavement layers, Pavement performance, Subgrade (Pavements), Test tracks, Tests by cycle
Subjects: Transportation > Pavements
Transportation
Transportation > Research
Transportation > Data and Information Technology
Transportation > Maintenance and preservation
ID Code: 17263
Deposited By: Iowa DOT Library
Deposited On: 30 Jun 2014 12:35
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2014 15:32
URI: https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/17263