Evaluation of Non-Destructive Technologies for Construction Quality Control of HMA and PCC Pavements in Louisiana.

摘要

Current roadway quality control and quality acceptance (QC/QA) procedures for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) include coring for thickness, density, and air voids in hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavements and thickness and compressive strength for Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements. Non-destructive testing (NDT) devices, such as the light weight deflectometer (LWD) and the portable seismic pavement analyzer (PSPA), provide a non-destructive and portable means of quick inplace determination of pavement properties, resulting in an increase in sampling frequency to supplement coring. Many researchers have shown good trends between measurements of the NDTs and other pavement properties, though variability has shown to differ from report to report. The PSPA exhibited seismic modulus values of the surface layer with an average coefficient of variation (CoV) of 2 to 15 percent for repeat collections without moving the apparatus. The PSPA variability increased to a range of 6 to 28 percent if the apparatus changed orientation or moved within a close proximity. The LWD exhibited deflections values of the pavement structure with an average CoV of 4 to 12 percent for repeat collections without moving the apparatus. The PSPA exhibited project wide seismic modulus values with a CoV between 1 and 32 percent. The LWD exhibited project wide deflection values with a CoV between 18 and 55 percent. Factors that increased variability include: deterioration of the feet pads, presence of vibrations, placement of a foot into a groove, testing close to joints, and temperature. Changing the orientation of the sensors showed to increase the variability of the PSPA measurements; however, the variability increase is no different than moving the apparatus within a close proximity.