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pavement failures

Comprehensive Compaction Monitoring System: TTI Develops 3-Step Process to Measure the Quality of New Asphalt Pavement

March 1, 2014

Construction defects in new asphalt layers often cause early pavement failures. Imagine a time when these are eliminated. “I think that time is here,” says Tom Scullion, manager of the Flexible Pavement Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). Scullion is speaking of a three-step process (detailed in this article) that uses technologies developed […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Uncategorized, Volume 50, Number 1 Tagged With: asphalt, Comprehensive Compaction Monitoring System, instrumented roller, PAVE-IR, pavement, pavement failures, rolling density meter

Extreme Heat Leads to Pavement Failures

July 27, 2012

Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer and Regents Fellow Tom Scullion is no stranger to pavement failure investigations. Scullion has been involved with pavement research for over 35 years and is often called upon to offer his expertise in finding causes and providing solutions to pavement failures throughout the country and the world. (see […]

Filed Under: MyTTI News, News Tagged With: pavement failures

Energy Developments and Our Roadways: Impacts and Strategies

February 7, 2012

In recent years, there has been a boom of energy-related activities in Texas. While these efforts enhance the state’s ability to produce energy reliably, many short- and long-term impacts on the state’s right of way and infrastructure are not properly documented. The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) recently completed a project to document some of these […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: energy development, falling weight deflectometer, ground penetrating radar, pavement failures, right-of-way

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