APT 2008

| Presentations during the Conference |

PRESENTATIONS DURING THE CONFERENCE

Tuesday, September 30th

Wednesday, October 1st

Thursday, October 2nd

Friday, October 3rd

WORKSHOPS

09:00-11:00

Workshop:
Acelerated Pavement Testing for Airport Pavements and its impact on Pavement Design for New Generation Aircraft

Historical Background on Accelerated Pavement Testing for Airport Pavements
Navneet Garg (FAA)

Introduction to FAA’s National Airport Pavement Test Facility (NAPTF)
Navneet Garg (FAA)

Test Pavement Construction and Pavement Instrumentation
Hector Daiutolo (SRA) & Navneet Garg (FAA)

Accelerated Pavement Testing at NAPTF
Navneet Garg (FAA)

Airbus PEP and Proposed High Tire Pressure Tests
Cyril Fabre (Airbus) & Jean-Maurice Balay (LCPC)

Implementation of Research Findings in Airport Pavement Thickness Design Procedures
- New Alpha Factor for Six-Wheel Gears (accepted by ICAO)
- New FAA Thickness Design Procedure FAARFIELD and AC 150/5320-6E
Navneet Garg (FAA)

11:30-14:30

Workshop:
Introduction to Acelerated Pavement Testing
Angel Mateos – Transport Research Center of CEDEX
Nick Coetzee – Dynatest Consulting, Inc.

Workshop:
A logical framework approach to the evaluation of benefits derived from Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT)
Louw du Plessis, CSIR, South Africa

Cost Benefit Analysis
Jolanda Prozzi, VCTR, Freight, Economics, and The Environment. USA

16:00-19:00

Workshop:
Measuring and Modeling for APT
W.J.vdM. Steyn, CSIR, South Africa
I.L. Al-Qadi
E. Masad

Introduction and objectives

Measuring and modeling for APT: Measuring
WJvdM Steyn, CSIR, South Africa

Measuring discussion questions
WJvdM Steyn, CSIR, South Africa

Modeling of Hot Mix Asphalt
Eyad Masad, Texas A&M University, USA

Modeling discussion questions
Eyad Masad, Texas A&M University, USA
Imad Al-Qadi, University of Illinois, USA

Integration discussion questions
Imad Al-Qadi, University of Illinois, USA

Summary and closure
WJvdM Steyn, CSIR, South Africa

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