GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   

Brief Description:

The facility at the Gas Technology Institute,  des Plaines, Illinois, includes an indoor test pit for evaluating construction procedures and for testing various configurations of pavement sections in environmentally controlled conditions. The pavement section is instrumented and constructed over utility pipes to monitor and evaluate pavement cutting and restoration practices. There is also an outdoor test section, part of GTI’s “Pipe Farm,” an outdoor research center consisting of test pipes constructed in various soils over a controlled-drainage stone layer to provide uniform soil properties in each section of the center.  The accelerated pavement loading system (APLS) applies full-scale traffic loads on the pavement sections in the indoor and outdoor testing facilities. The loading machine allows for estimating the long-term performance of pavements based on short-duration tests.

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Last Updated:
January 29, 2005