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Evaluation of Airport Pavement Base Layer Stiffness Characteristics via Embedded Field Sensors

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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
卷 2677, 期 8, 页码 462-473

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/03611981231156938

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airport pavement; infrastructure; pavement structural testing and evaluation; mechanistic analysis; base course; layer modulus; pavement sensor

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Real-time stiffness monitoring of unbound aggregate layers is crucial for advanced airport pavement design. This research focused on monitoring base layer stiffness characteristics using embedded field sensors. The study conducted full-scale pavement tests, collected dynamic responses from coil sensors and pressure cells, and established correlations between field sensor readings and layer modulus properties. The results showed that both approaches provided comparable and typical modulus values for the aggregate base layer, and demonstrated the effect of vehicle wander on measured responses.
Real-time stiffness monitoring of unbound aggregate layers using embedded field sensors is crucial for advanced airport pavement design and management. This paper describes research findings on monitoring base layer stiffness characteristics for airport pavements using an embedded bender element (BE) field sensor, inductive coil sensors, and pressure cells. A full-scale pavement test section was constructed at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s National Airport Pavement Test Facility (NAPTF). A BE field sensor, inductive coil sensor pairs, and pressure cells were installed in the unbound aggregate base to evaluate the layer stiffness, applied load stress, and deformation characteristics. A triple dual tandem gear loading module applied 58,000 lb per wheel to the tested section with a wander pattern consisting of 66 passes arranged in nine lateral wander positions. Dynamic responses of coil sensors and pressure cells were collected during the traffic test, whereas BE signals were collected after completing each wander pattern. Laboratory repeated load triaxial tests with BE instrumentation were also conducted to establish a correlation for converting BE field sensor readings to layer modulus properties. The in situ modulus characteristics of the aggregate base layer were evaluated during full-scale testing using two methods: shear wave velocities from a BE field sensor, and strain and stress measurements from coil sensors and pressure cells. The moduli estimated using both approaches fell into typical ranges of crushed aggregate bases and were highly comparable. The moduli from the dynamic sensor measurements clearly showed the effect of vehicle wander on aggregate base layer measured responses.

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