| Facility type: | Accelerated pavement testing equipment |
| Contact email: | sigurdur.erlingsson@vti.se |
| Contact info: | User name: Sigurdur Erlingsson User position: Professor Street: Olaus Magnus väg City: Linköping Department name: Pavement Technology |
| Website address: | http://www.vti.se/sv/vti-erbjuder/accelererad-provning-vagkonstruktion/ |
Description
Short technical description: The HVS-NORDIC is a mobile linear full-scale accelerated pavement-testing machine (HVS Mark IV). The machine can be run over a short distance by itself at walking speed and can be moved as a semi-trailer over longer distances. The speed during transport on road is about 50 km/h but special permits are needed. Because it has steering wheels, it can, in spite of its long length, turn around even relatively sharp corners. The HVS-NORDIC has a heating/cooling system and thus temperature can be held constant. The air inside the insulated box is heated or cooled and controlled in order to keep the pavement temperature constant. The standard pavement temperature is selected at +10C The HVS can be run by diesel or by electric power. The diesel engine also provides power for the heating/cooling system and thus it is independent of external power. Construction date: 1997 Last upgrade: 2003 Specified type of facility: Heavy Veichle Simulator
Keywords
Bearing capacity, Load Application, Accelerated pavement testing equipment