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Pavement Profile Viewer and Analyzer

FHWA-RD-03-070.pdf (119.62 KB)

Publication Information

Publication Type:
Product Brief
Publication Number:
FHWA-RD-03-070
Abstract:

Pavement Profile Viewer and Analyzer, or ProVAL, is a software package that imports, displays, and analyzes the characteristics of pavement profiles from many different sources. ProVAL can analyze pavement profiles using several methods, including International Roughness Index, Ride Number, Profile  index, California profilograph, and rolling straightedge, and other more complex filters such as Butterworth band pass filters and power spectral density. ProVAL also can perform American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E 950 precision and bias tests and cross-correlation to find recurring patterns in pavement profiles.

Publishing Date:
June 2003
FHWA Program(s):
Research
Infrastructure
AMRP Program(s):
Pavements and Materials
FHWA Activities:
Long-Term Pavement Performance
Subject Area:
Research
Pavements