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Concrete Pavement Continuously Armed (PCCA) Aiming at Direct Inspection

Concrete Pavement Continuously Armed (PCCA) Aiming at Direct Inspection

The construction of a Continuously Armed Concrete Pavement (PCCA) is part of the Cooperation Agreement established between LabTrans / UFSC and DNIT (TC 497/2012) to evaluate the functionality of the Track Control Station (ECP) provided for in the new model Automated Integrated Inspection Station (PIAF).

The PCCA is one of the solutions of study of systems of weighing in different conceptions of pavement structures, 136 meters long, constructed in the BR-101 (km 418), in the city of Araranguá / SC, being the first one to be constructed in the Brazil on high-traffic and high-speed highways.

The track geometry condition meets the stringent criteria defined in the “European Class I – Excellent” of the European specification COST 323 (1999), stipulated for the Wigh-in-Motion (WIM) systems, and the constructive method was based on the US Continously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (2009).

In addition to testing and consolidating the functionalities for ECPs, the cement concrete track provides information for the study of the behavior of pavement structures and assists in the development of service instructions for standardization in contracting by DNIT.

Technical documents were developed, which include the projects, construction, equipment and peripherals, operation, validation with INMETRO, data collection and evaluations.