Publications / 1999 Proceedings of the 16th ISARC, Madrid, Spain

Installation and Analysis of Sensors Used in the Full Scale Test Track of the Road Studies Centre (CEDEX)

Bernardo Mingo Villalobos, Javier Perez Ayuso, Javier Aleixandre Campos, Jose Bueno Perez, Jaime Tamarit Rodriguez
Pages 657-663 (1999 Proceedings of the 16th ISARC, Madrid, Spain, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

One internationally accepted definition of pavements test tacks defines them as "those facilities devoted to the study of problems related to the structural dimensioning of roads pavements". That the pavements arc tested at real scale, that they are tested in accelerated way and with controlled loads has to be added to complete this definition.The Spanish facility was inaugurated in 1988 and is owned by the Centre of Roads Studies from CEDEX. It is located at "EI Goloso", near Madrid. The aims of this facility arc the following: (1) Experimental determination of stress and strain pavement parameters characterising the response of a pavement to a load. This characterisation is accomplished thanks to the use of embedded sensors.(2) Characterisation of the pavement behaviour changes due to load application (slope of load application, distance to load application ... ctc) and environmental conditions (environment temperature, moisture ... etc). (3) Sensors fitting for the instrumentation of different materials used in roads construction. This communication is completed with other presented to this Congress and entitled: "Data acquisition real-time system for the fast testing facility of the Centre of Roads' Studies of CEDEX".

Keywords: Roads:Instrumentation:Sensors:Computer-aided analysis:Experimental Data Base