Nondestructive Testing, Evaluation, and Rehabilitation for Roadway Pavement: Warren County, Mississippi, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Berkeley, California

This report documents the results of one FIS technology transfer initiative: the demonstration of nondestructive pavement evaluation technology (NDT) to cooperating Federal and non-federal partners. The demonstrations utilized Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) technology, a commercially available nondestructive procedure for determining the structural adequacy of a pavement system. Data obtained from FWD tests were combined with pavement material properties and estimated future traffic volumes to design rehabilitation strategies for the existing streets and roadways of three communities. The specific objectives of the study were to: (1) Evaluate and develop improvements to the initial guide specification used for contracting FWD technology; (2) Evaluate the three analytical methods used by each contractor to develop the pavement repair strategies; (3) Document and explain the differences in the results of the pavement evaluation methods; (4) Document the benefits of FWD technology over other conventional techniques; and (5) Transfer nondestructive testing of pavements technology to non-federal partners, and demonstrate how analysis of the test results can be used to develop rehabilitation strategies for roadway pavements. (MM)