Ncat Test Track and New Building under Construction

NCAT Report 09-06 MECHANISTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF RESILIENT MODULI FOR UNBOUND PAVEMENT LAYER MATERIALS

" The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors who are solely responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official view and policies of the National Center for Asphalt Technology of Auburn University. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. " Taylor and Timm i ACKNOWLEDGEME...

Asphalt Technology News

The Alabama Department of Transportation and the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) are planning to construct and operate an oval test track (accelerated pavement loading facility) to evaluate the performance of various hot mix asphalt (HMA) test pavements. Auburn University has purchased 310 acres of land approximately 15 minutes from the university for the test track. Construction ...

Phase Iii Ncat Test Track Findings

NCAT Pavement Preservation Effectiveness Study Will Help Agencies Make Cost-Effective Maintenance Decisions

—Continued on Pg. 2 The new Preservation Group (PG) experiment will provide answers for cash-strapped state and local agencies that need cost-effective ways to maintain existing asphalt roadways. Budgets are tight, but agencies still have the same task: keeping aging pavements in good condition for the driving public. When applied at the right time, pavement preservation treatments, such as chi...

A Methodology to Prioritize the Construction Projects of New Railway Infrastructures for Privatization in Railway Networks (Case Study: Iran)

This study aims to develop a novel methodology to prioritize the construction of new railway infrastructures for privatization. The private sector can cooperate to solve the capacity problems of railway networks, by the construction of new infrastructure. The purpose of this study is to answer the basic question that whether the capacity problems of the railway networks can be solved simply by ...