This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, describes development of nondestructive testing techniques that are capable of detecting and quantifying delaminations in HMA pavements. This NDT technique is applicable to construction, project design, and network-level assessments. This e-book contains 5 different volumes, the last 4 involving more technical descriptions of the project.

"TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R06D-RR-1: Testing to Identify Delaminations Between HMA Layers, Volume 1 describes development of nondestructive testing (NDT) techniques capable of detecting and quantifying delaminations in HMA pavements. The NDT techniques should be applicable to construction, project design, and network-level assessments. SHRP 2 Report S2-R06D-RW-2 was developed as part of SHRP 2 Renewal Project R06D that generated a sizable amount of documentation regarding the findings of evaluations and equipment development. The report for SHRP 2 Renewal Project R06D is therefore divided into five volumes. Volumes 2 through 5 provide more detailed technical information and are web-only. The topics covered in these volumes are listed below. Volume 2: Theoretical Models Volume 3: Controlled Evaluation Reports Volume 4: Uncontrolled Evaluation Reports Volume 5: Field Core Verification "--Pub. information.

" TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R06A-RR-1: Nondestructive Testing to Identify Concrete Bridge Deck Deterioration identifies nondestructive testing technologies for detecting and characterizing common forms of deterioration in concrete bridge decks.The report also documents the validation of promising technologies, and grades and ranks the technologies based on results of the validations.The main product of this project will be an electronic repository for practitioners, known as the NDToolbox, which will provide information regarding recommended technologies for the detection of a particular deterioration. " -- publisher's description.

This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, identifies techniques that provide useful information for evaluating tunnel linings.

The 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users authorized the Dept. of Transportation (DoT) to establish a highway research program to address future challenges facing the U.S. highway system. In 2006, the Second Strategic Highway Research Program was established to conduct research in four areas -- safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity. The legislation also required a review of the program no later than three years after the first research contracts were awarded. This report provides information about the process for selecting the program's projects for funding, the projects' status, and what, if any, research was eliminated because of funding and time constraints. Charts and tables.

This book, based on Transport and Urban Development COST Action TU1208, presents the most advanced applications of ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a civil engineering context, with documentation of instrumentation, methods and results. It explains clearly how GPR can be employed for the surveying of critical transport infrastructure, such as roads, pavements, bridges and tunnels and for the sensing and mapping of underground utilities and voids. Detailed attention is also devoted to use of GPR in the inspection of geological structures and of construction materials and structures, including reinforced concrete, steel reinforcing bars and pre/post-tensioned stressing ducts. Advanced methods for solution of electromagnetic scattering problems and new data processing techniques are also presented. Readers will come to appreciate that GPR is a safe, advanced, non destructive and noninvasive imaging technique that can be effectively used for the inspection of composite structures and the performance of diagnostics relevant to the entire life cycle of civil engineering works.

At head of title: The Second Strategic Highway Research Program.