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Pavement Research Topics

Asphalt

• Rubber Asphalt Open Graded Friction Course (WA-RD 445)
• Asphalt Pavement Temperature Differentials
• Construction Related Asphalt Concrete Pavement Temperature Differentials and the Corresponding Density Differentials (WA-RD 476)
• Temperature Differential Technote 2001
• Density Profile Test Method
• FAQ for Density Profiles
• Temperature-Density Differential Presentation
• Cyclic Density Update 2004
• Superpave
• Superpave in Washington State
• Superpave Performance and Cost Comparison Technote
• Hot Mix Asphalt Design
  • HMA View Technote 2004
• Permeability
  • Factors Affecting HMA Permeability Technote (2005)
• Pavement Sealer
  • Pavement Sealer Technote 2007
• Microsurfacing
• Hot In-Place Recycling
• Cold In-Place Recycling
• NovaChip
• NovaChip Technote
• Final NovaChip Report (SR-17)
• Stone Matrix Asphalt
• SMA Technote
• SMA SR-524 Final Report (WA-RD 504.1)
• Top Down Cracking
• Longitudinal Joint Construction
• Longitudinal Joint Construction Technote
• Tack Coat
• Tack Coat Technote
• CoreLok
• CoreLok Technote
• Quieter Pavements
  • Evaluation of Long-Term Pavement Performance and Noise Characteristics of Open-Graded Friction Courses (WA-RD 683.1)
  • Evaluation of Long-Term Pavement Performance and Noise Characteristics of Open-Graded Friction Courses - Project 2 (WA-RD 691.1)

Concrete

• High Performance Concrete Durability Assessment (WA-RD 530.1)
• Dowel Bar Retrofit
• DBR Technote (2001)
• DBR Technote (2007)
• DBR Construction Sequence
• DBR Do's and Don'ts
• Concrete Intersections
• Concrete Intersections Technote
• Concrete Intersections Report (WA-RD 503.2)
• Rapid Construction
• Caltrans PCCP Renewal
• UCB Report on I-10 Reconstruction
• Experimental Features
• Performance of a Portland Cement Concrete Pavement with Carpet Drag Finish
• Wear Resistant Pavement Study
• Studded Tire Wear Resistance of PCC Pavements
• Combined Aggregate Gradation as a Method for Mitigating Studded Tire Wear on PCCP
• PCCP Texture Modification Using the Skidabrader
• PCCP with Longitudinal Tining, Transverse Tining, and Carpet Drag Finish
• URETEK Stitch-In-Time
• Polyester Overlays
• Puyallup River Bridge Overlay

Pavement Construction

• Full Weekend Closure of I-405 (WA-RD 454)
• Rapid Construction Techniques
• Rock Cap Technote

Pavement Evaluation

• Modeling Rigid Pavements:  Joint Shear Solution Strategies (WA-RD 455)
• Feasibility of Backcalculation Procedures Based on Dynamic FWD Response Data

Pavement Smoothness

• An Overall Assessment of Highway Roughness (WA-RD 538.1)

Traffic

• Improved Traffic Characterization to Enhance Pavement Design and Performance:  Load Spectra Development (WA-RD 600.1)

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