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BUDAPEST,
HUNGARY
2015
ProVAL Longitudinal Profile Analysis Tool
by
George Chang, PhD, PE
Transtec Group, USA
PROFILING HISTORY
 BPR Roughmeter (1940’s)
 AASHO RoadTest (1950’s)
 Maysmeter (1960’s)
 Inertial Profilers (1980 ~)
 Mobile LiDAR and 3D (2005~)
PROFILING GUIDE
 NCHRP 228 (1980)
 Little Book of Profiling (1998)
PROFILING CONFERENCES
 RPUG (1989 ~)
 ERPUG (2013~)
PROFILING SPECIFICATIONS
 AASHTO (2010 ~)
 M328
 R54
 R56
 R57
 ASTM (1983~) E950
PROFILING SOFTWARE
 RoadRuf 1990’s
 ProVAL 2001 ~
PROVAL RELEASES –SINCE 2001
WHO SPONSORS PROVAL ?
 US Department ofTransportation, Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA)
 LongTerm Pavement Performance Program (LTPP)
 FREE to all users!!
WITH PROVALYOU CAN…
 Import
 View
 Edit/Filter
 Analyze
IMPORT MANY PROFILE FORMATS
PROFILEVIEWING
PROFILE FILTERING
MANY PROFILE ANALYSES
POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY
(PSD)
RIDE QUALITY
(AASHTO R54)
SMOOTHNESS ASSURANCE
GRINDING SIMULATION
PROFILER CERTIFICATION
(AASHTO R56)
ROLLING STRAIGHT EDGE
0 1 2 3 4
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Wheelbase/Wavelength
Gain
Rolling Straightedge
JCP FAULT MEASUREMENT
(AASHTO R36)
-244.00
-242.00
-240.00
-238.00
-236.00
-234.00
-232.00
-230.00
-1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
Normalized Distance (m)
Elevation(mm)
Profile Fitted Shape-Approach Fitted Shape-Leave
Faulting
150 mm
1219 mm 1219 mm
OPTIMAL WIM LOCATOR
(AASHTO M331)
Vehicle Simulation
Ax = B
Cy = D
Elevation
Distance
Vehicle Properties
Time
Fs
Fd1
Fd2
Ft1
Ft2
MAP INTEGRATION
HOWTO GETTECHNICAL
SUPPORT?
 Online Helpdesk www.roadprofile.com/proval-support
 Email
 Support@roadprofile.com
www.RoadProfile.com
www.RoadProfile.com
THANKYOU!

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