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Highway Research Record No. 39 - Indian Roads Congress

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ROAD RESEARCH IN INDIA 2011-12 21<br />

3. paVeMent eValUatIon anD perForManCe<br />

a. paVeMent eValUatIon<br />

SUMMarY<br />

<strong>Research</strong> work reported in this area includes projects on structural and functional evaluation of pavements and premature<br />

distress/ failure investigations for pavements. On-going projects include development of management system<br />

for maintenance planning and budgeting of high speed road corridors (supra institutional project); development of<br />

national document/ guideline on the use of weigh-in-motion system for axle load monitoring.<br />

Projects reported for the first time include evaluation of NDMC roads / lanes for needed strengthening and remedial<br />

measures; road inventorisation and pavement condition survey on the selected road stretches using vehicle mounted<br />

digital video imaging system integrated with GPS; functional and structural evaluations of DND flyway and Mayur<br />

Vihar link Road towards determining the maintenance and strengthening requirements. The use of GIS and GPS for<br />

the development of a pavement management system is being explored for Tiruchirappalli city.<br />

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SalIent poIntS For DISCUSSIon<br />

Use of Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) system for monitoring of axle loads<br />

Vehicle mounted digital video imaging system<br />

Use of laterite stone for road aggregates<br />

Road user cost models

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