Device harmonization to determine smoothness specification for asphalt pavements

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-389

  Chen, Jian Shiuh ^a   Chang, Meng Kung ^a   Lin, Kuei Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acceptance smoothness level; Device harmonization; Smoothness specification

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; PROBABILITY; SPECIFICATIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TESTING; CORRELATION METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACCEPTANCE SMOOTHNESS LEVEL; DEVICE HARMONIZATION; INTERNATIONAL ROUGHNESS INDEX (IRI); SMOOTHNESS SPECIFICATION;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; SPECIFICATIONS;

ACCEPTANCE SMOOTHNESS LEVEL; DEVICE HARMONIZATION; EQUIPMENT PROCEDURES; HARMONISATION; KEY FACTORS; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; ROUGHNESS INDEX; SMOOTHNESS SPECIFICATION; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS; USERS' SATISFACTIONS;

EID: 33749346022     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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