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 PROGRAM

 Wednesday, October 1st 

 Thursday, October 2nd 

Friday, October 3rd

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09:00-10:00Conference Opening


Angel Aparicio, General Director of CEDEX, Spain
Robert Skinner, TRB Executive Director, USA
Bouzid Choubane, Chairman of TRB AFD40 Committee, USA
Claude Van Rooten, FEHRL President, Europe
Francisco Criado, General Roads Director, Spain
 

10:00-11:30Keynote Session


APT Testing as a Tool for Road Research
Francisco Criado, General Road Directorate, Spain

Impacts and Benefits of APT: an APT Operator's Perspective
John Harvey, University of California-Davis, USA

Impacts and Benefits from APT Programs for the Asphalt Industry
Egbert Beuving, European Asphalt Pavement Association, Europe

Chair: Angel Mateos, Transport Research Center of CEDEX, Spain

11:30-12:00Coffee Break

12:00-14:00Technical Sessions:

Technical Session (1):
Long Life Pavements

Chair:
Buzz Powell, NCAT, USA

Analysis of the performance of a long life pavement in South Africa using the HVS
WJvdM Steyn, CSIR, South Africa

Temperature and velocity effects on a flexible perpetual pavement
Mary M. Robbins, Auburn University, USA

Testing of Perpetual Pavement with Warm Asphalt Concrete Surface Mixes in the Ohio APLF
Shad M. Sargand, Ohio University, USA

Evaluation of precast concrete slabs Using a Heavy Vehicle Simulator
Erwin Kohler, University of California, USA
Technical Session (2):
Performance Evaluation I

Chair:
Fred Hugo, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Relationship between pavement surface deflection and pavement surface rut depth propagation from ALT testing
Leif G. Wiman, VTI, Sweden

Study of flexible base and semi-rigid base asphalt pavement performance under accelerated loading facility (ALF)
Quanliang Xu, Research Institute of Highway - Ministry of Communications, China

Recent forensic activities at MnROAD: using field and laboratory test data to determine the cause of pavement failures
Timothy R. Clyne, Minnesota DOT, USA

Incremental-recursive modeling of performance for cement bound base layers
Christian Busch, COWI A/S, Denmark
Technical Session (3):
Instrumentation and Data Management

Chair:
Stefan Romanoschi, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Managing data from instrumentation in APT testing
Belen Cadavid, Transport Research Center of CEDEX, Spain

Virtual sensor experimental method
Edel R. Cortez, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USA

Effects of pavement distress on measured pavement response under accelerate loading
David H. Timm, Auburn University, USA

A synthesis of practical and appropriate instrumentation use for accelerated pavement testing
J. Richard Willis, Consortium of Accelerated Pavement Testers, USA

14:00-15:30Lunch

15:30-17:30Technical Sessions:

Technical Session (4):
Modeling of Pavement Systems I

Chair:
Maria de Lurdes Antunes, LNEC, Portugal

Full-depth flexible pavement fatigue performance under various tire and axle load configurations
Imad Al-Qadi, University of Illinois, USA

Calibration of mechanistic-empirical models for cracking and rutting of new pavements using heavy vehicle simulator tests
Per Ullidtz, Dynatest International, Denmark

Flexible pavements dynamic response under a moving wheel
Angel Mateos, Transport Research Center of CEDEX, Spain

Simulation of the WesTrack experiment using CalME
Per Ullidtz, Dynatest International, Denmark
Technical Session (5):
Control and Management of APT Facilities

Chair:
Andrew Dawson, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

The accelerated loading facility as an accelerated learning facility: three case studies
Michael Moffatt, ARRB Group Ltd, Australia

Lessons learned from the operations management of an accelerated pavement testing facility
Paul A. Lewis, Kansas State University, USA

Experience gained in APT database design through the development of the Caltrans/UCPRC HVS database 
Jeremy D. Lea, University of California Pavement Research Center, USA

A synthesis of construction practices for accelerated loading facilities in the United States
J. Richard Willis, Consortium of Accelerated Pavement Testers, USA
Technical Session (6):
Overlays

Chair:
Izaak Joubert, Gauteng DOT, South Africa

Overview of an accelerated pavement testing study to assess the performance of modified binders in thin asphalt concrete overlays
David Jones, University of California-Davis, USA

Response and performance of thin bonded rigid overlays subjected to accelerated pavement testing
Stefan Romanoschi, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Improvement of a laboratory reflective cracking test by mean of the LCPC’s APT FABAC machine
Sergio A. Perez, LCPC, France

Tack coat type and application rate optimization to enhance HMA overlay-PCC interface bonding: Laboratory and APT testing
Imad Al-Qadi, University of Illinois, USA

17:30-20:00Technical Visit: CEDEX Test Track


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