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Accelerated Road Research Facilities – The Key to Improving Our Highways

August 17, 2021 By EMI

This is a guest blog by Emil G. Bautista
Accelerated Road Research Facilities - The Key to Improving Our Highways

Highways as well as road research are an important part of the infrastructure of every country in the world. They provide the framework to move people and goods from one point to another, and this makes them an important piece to our economy and quality of life. As of 2006, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, there were approximately 4.1 million miles (6.6 million kms) of roads in the United States, of which 2.7 million miles (4.3 million kms) were paved and 1.4 million miles (2.3 million kms) were unpaved.

Using a simple A-to-F school report card format, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) provides a comprehensive assessment of the United States infrastructure in their Infrastructure Report Card prepared every four years. For the year 2021, highways are graded as D with over 40% of the system in poor or mediocre condition. If we look into ways to improve the grade of our highway system, it is key to target investments and allocate funding — and for this, it is important that routine, reliable data becomes the standard.

For this reason, and looking into road research, it is important that decision-makers and engineers rely on accelerated pavement testing (APT) facilities to collect detailed performance data with the aid of different pavement sensors. Since APTs are considered large-scale, real-world laboratories, they allow us to conduct cutting-edge experimentation while avoiding the risk of failure on actual roadways.

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Tagged With: accelerated pavement testing, Accelerated Road Research, American Society of Civil Engineers, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, decision-makers and engineers, Dr. Emil G. Bautista, economy and quality of life, infrastructure, Infrastructure Report Card, national research, pavement sensors, road performance, Road Research Facilities, United States infrastructure

Instalaciones de Investigacion Acelerada de Carreteras – La Clave Para Mejorar Nuestras Carreteras

August 17, 2021 By EMI

Las carreteras son una parte importante de la infraestructura de cualquier país del mundo. Estas proporcionan el marco para mover personas y bienes de un punto a otro, y esto las convierte en una pieza valiosa para nuestra economía y calidad de vida. Basado en datos de la Oficina de Estadística de Transporte de los Estados Unidos, para el 2006 existían aproximadamente 4.1 millones de millas (6.6 millones de kms) de caminos en los Estados Unidos, de los cuales 2.7 millones de millas (4.3 millones de kms) estaban pavimentadas y 1.4 millones de millas (2.3 millones de kms) estaban sin pavimentar.

Usando un formato de evaluación sencillo de la A a la F, parecido a un informe escolar, la Sociedad Americana de Ingenieros Civiles (ASCE, por sus siglas en inglés) prepara una evaluación exhaustiva de la infraestructura de los Estados Unidos en su Tarjeta de Reporte de Infraestructura preparada cada cuatro años. Para la tarjeta de reporte de este año 2021, las carreteras fueron clasificadas como D con más del 40% del sistema en mal estado o en condición mediocre. Si buscamos formas de mejorar el grado de nuestro sistema de carreteras, es clave orientar las inversiones y asignar fondos – y para esto, es importante que la adquisición de datos confiables y de rutina se conviertan en el estándar.

Por esta razón, y al analizar el rendimiento de las carreteras, es importante que los responsables de la toma de decisiones y los ingenieros confíen en las instalaciones de pruebas aceleradas de pavimento (APT, por sus siglas en inglés) para recopilar datos detallados de rendimiento con la ayuda de diferentes sensores de pavimento. Ya que las APT se consideran laboratorios a gran escala, del mundo real, estos nos permiten llevar a cabo experimentación de vanguardia, evitando el riesgo de fracaso en las carreteras reales.

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Tagged With: Boleta de calificaciones de infraestructura, Dr. Emil G. Bautista, economía y calidad de vida, infraestructura, Infraestructura de Estados Unidos, Instalaciones de investigación vial, investigación nacional, Investigación vial acelerada, Oficina de Estadísticas de Transporte, prueba acelerada de pavimento, rendimiento en carretera, sensores de pavimento, Sociedad Estadounidense de Ingenieros Civiles, tomadores de decisiones e ingenieros

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