HVS Technology Transfer workshop

HVS Technology Transfer workshop 

Edgar Camacho-Garita
Fabricio Leiva-Villacorta, Ph.D.
Materials and Pavements Research Unit
edgar.camachogarita@ucr.ac.cr, 
fabricio.leiva@ucr.ac.cr
Key words: HVS, accelerated pavement testing, PAVELAB.

The National Laboratory of Material and Structural Models at University of Costa Rica (LanammeUCR) held a HVS Technology Transfer Workshop as part of the implementation process of its upcoming Accelerated Pavement Testing program. This workshop took place in January 2013 and covered the following topics:
• History and Program Establishment
• HVS Test Planning
• Logistics
• Instrumentation
• Data Handling & Analysis
• Correlations between Lab, APT and Field
• Reporting
• Coordination
This workshop had the participation of Mr. Louw du Plessis from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa, Dr. Wynand Steyn from the University of Pretoria also in South Africa and Mr. Salil Gokhale from Dynatest. Participants from LanammeUCR included Dr. Adriana Vargas, Ms. Paulina Leiva, Ms. Tania Avila, Mr. Edgar Camacho, Dr. Fabricio Leiva, Mr. Gustavo Badilla, Dr. Luis G. Loria and Dr. Jose P. Aguiar.