Asphalt Mixture Automated Testing System with Zero Intervention (AMAZE) : revised training curriculum /
"State highway agencies including the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are currently facing many challenges. Three such challenges involve addressing (a) the cracking and rutting distresses that are costing taxpayers billions of dollars annually, (b) the loss of both the workforce...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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College Station, Texas :
Texas A&M Transportation Institute,
March 2024.
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| Series: | Research report (Austin, Tex.) ;
no. 0-6674-03-P4. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this resource Connect to the project summary report |
| Summary: | "State highway agencies including the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are currently facing many challenges. Three such challenges involve addressing (a) the cracking and rutting distresses that are costing taxpayers billions of dollars annually, (b) the loss of both the workforce and the skills associated with the workforce, and (c) laboratory safety concerns to prevent worker injury. TxDOT is addressing the cracking and rutting problems by implementing a balanced mix design method to design durable mixes. However, the lack of workforce and workforce skills hinders such efforts to some extent. Additionally, the primary safety concern in the laboratory has always been preventing worker injury often associated with the hot asphalt, large masonry saws, high-force testing machines, and toxic chemicals typically found in an asphalt material testing laboratory. Automation of certain processes can alleviate all these safety concerns by reducing the number of employees exposed to the different hazards. An innovative solution to addressing these three current issues is to develop an asphalt mixture automated testing system with zero intervention (AMAZE), which was the goal of Project 0-6674-03. As one of the deliverables of Project 0-6674-03, this training curriculum includes an instructor guide, a participant guide, and a presentation."--Page 1. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi 49 pages) : color illustrations |
| Access: | Open access versions available from some providers |