Light Weight Deflectometer (LWD) research at National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACoE)

Feb 17, 2018 | Compaction Control

Insitu Test, Global Synthetics and Foundation Specialist Group (FSG) are all industry partners in the National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACoE) research program using the Light Weight Deflectometer (LWD) and Geogrid. The research is being led by QUT Senior LecturerDr. Chaminda Gallage.

The research is centred around a fully instrumented 1m x 1m soil box test at QUT Pilot Plant Facility.

QUT Instrumented Box National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACoE) Light Weight Deflectometer

In February 2018, testing began at the facility.

Geogauge QUT National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACoE) Light Weight Deflectometer QUT National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACoE) Prima 100 Light Weight Deflectometer QUT National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACoE) Zorn ZFG 3000 QUT Research Team Chamara Jayalath & Chaminda Gallage Jothi Ramanujam

The National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACOE) is an initiative of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads and with the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB), which is broadening to include partnerships with industry. Australian Road Research Board Principal Pavement Engineer, Jeffrey Lee, commented: “ARRB is proud to be participating this research.”

The program has a bias towards using research and testing that adopts international best practice to Australian / Queensland conditions.

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