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4.1.4 Test Setup<br />

Figure 4.5 Compaction <strong>of</strong> the HMA surface by the vibra<strong>to</strong>ry plate compac<strong>to</strong>r<br />

A reference beam was set up on the <strong>to</strong>p <strong>of</strong> the large box <strong>and</strong> the pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> the HMA<br />

surface was measured from the reference beam. Five displacement transducers were fixed on the<br />

reference beam <strong>to</strong> measure the vertical displacements at different locations <strong>of</strong> the HMA surface<br />

as well as the displacements <strong>of</strong> the two tell-tales. The tell-tales were run through the holes on the<br />

loading plate <strong>and</strong> two small horizontal metal strips was fixed on the tell-tales for the<br />

displacement transducers <strong>to</strong> sit on, as shown in figure 4.6. All <strong>of</strong> the cables <strong>of</strong> the pressure cells,<br />

displacement transducers, strain gauges on the geocell, <strong>and</strong> pavement strain gauges were<br />

connected <strong>to</strong> the DC-204R data recorders as mentioned in section 3.6.4. Some <strong>of</strong> the strain gauge<br />

wires were connected <strong>to</strong> the manual data recorder in the case when the channels <strong>of</strong> the DC-204R<br />

data recorders were not sufficient for all the data recordings.<br />

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