Prevention and a better cure: potholes review: Appendix B4 - Research projects

Publication Year

2012

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Summarises recommendations for intervention aiming to reduce potholes, looking at causes and solutions, maintenance strategies and programmes, prioritisation, reporting and communication. Indicates recent research projects: simulating pothole formation, pothole behaviour, trafficking in dry and wet conditions of filled potholes, pothole defect identification and detection using Smartphones, pothole formation in asphalt surfacing materials, repairing potholes and road defects, data mining algorithm and asset management and health diagnosis of road pavements.

Document History

Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme (HMEP). This appendix is part of a series of separate documents offering supplementary information included at Appendix B in the main document: "Prevention and a better cure: potholes review" Other documents in the series include: Appendix B1 - Case studies, Appendix B2 - Technical notes, Appendix B3 - Guidance documents on materials and pavement design, Appendix B5 - National Highway Sector Schemes and Appendix B6 - Highway Authorities Product Approval Scheme (HAPAS).

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