DEVELOPMENT OF EVALUTATION METHODOLODY

In order to develop a correlation between NDT test and the load-carrying capability of pavements. The
NDT was used to collect the nondestructive load-deflection data and afterwards the conventional
procedures (destructive test) for in situ measurement of pavement properties were performed and
used to determine the load carrying capacity of the pavements.

Nondestructive testing.

A series of nondestructive tests were performed using the NODET operating at frequencies of 15, 20,
and 25 Hz. It should be note that the equipment performed best and the force, velocity, and deflection
output signals were nearest a sinusoidal wave at an operating frequency of 20 Hz. However, the
additional data at 15- and 25-Hz data were collected to provide a comparison of the load-deflection
outputs at different frequencies.

Destructive testing

The destructive testing consisted of the determination of conventional soil-pavement parameters

through in-place and laboratory tests on samples of the various pavement elements. In-place tests
consisted of California bearing ratio (CBR) or plate-bearing tests as well as density and moisture content
measurements.

Destructive testing for flexible pavement

The CBR of a pavement layer tested by the small aperture method is based on a single
measurement determined in a 6-in.- diam core hole. The moisture content was determined for
each layer tested or CBR. Since the small-aperture-test method was used, in-place density
determinations were not made.

Destructive testing for Rigid pavement

For rigid pavements, the modulus of soil reaction, k , of the pavement layer directly beneath the
portland cement concrete (PCC) was determined by converting measured CBR values to k values
as shown in Plate 4 of Hall and Elsea (1974).