Id:CCRDI_CTT Chongqing

Institution: ChongqingCommunicationsResearch&DesignInstitute China

Type:CircularTestTrack Construction(commissioned):1984andupgradedin1999

Dimensions
Meandiameter 10.5 m
No.ofarms 2
No.sections(typical) 28

Loading
Rangeofaxleloading(*) 100150kN
Loadingsystem
Wandering 500mm
Axleconfiguration
Speed(max.) 60km/h
( )
* Wheelsloads(halfaxle)areconvertedtothe
correspondingaxleloads

Output
Testfrequency(max.) 3600
(passes/hour/section)
Practicaloutput 400000
(passes/month/section)

Testpit
Width/depth 2x3.5(m)

Measuredstructuralresponsevariables

Subgrade
Unbound
Asphalt
Surface

Temperature x x x
Moisturecontent x x
EnvironmentalControl Suction
Placement Indoors Deflection x
Airtemperature VerticalStress x x
totalcontrol
Pavementtemperature HorizontalStress
partialcontrol
Airmoisture VerticalStrain x x
@indirectcontrol
Freezethawcycles (fromairtemp.)
HorizontalStrain x
Watertablelevel or registered(but
Rainfall notcontrolled)

ZhouGang zhougang@ccrdi.cmhk.com
Contactpeople:
ZhouJinChuan zhoujinchuan@ccrdi.cmhk.com
Website:

APTupdate2008
Preparedforthe3rdInternationalConferenceonAcceleratedPavementTesting

BriefdescriptionofTopics/Testscarriedoutduringrecentyears
Inordertoanalyzethedevelopinglawsofperpetualdeformationofdifferentstructurelayersinthe
flexibleandsemirigidbaseasphaltpavements,atotalof3sectionshavebeentested,includingdifferent
thicknessesofasphaltpavementsanddifferenttypeofbasein2003to2005years.
Inrecently,thereisanewtestwith8sectionswhichiscarryingout.Theintentionofthetestareto
researchthepossibilityoftheuseoflocallimestoneandgritstoneinsurfaceasphaltpavementandthe
adaptabilityofdifferentpavementstructureforexpresswayofChongqing.