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Research into a Rapid Road Repair Machine
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"Research into a Rapid Road Repair Machine", Eric L. Schoonbaert, Muthukumaran Arigovindan, Duane A. Bennett, Steven A. Velinsky. AHMCT Research Report UCD-ARR-03-12-31-01, 142 pp, December 31, 2003.
This project researched rapid road repair best practices, analyzed damage scenarios, developed analytical methodologies, and recommends development of a Rapid Road Repair machine.
Current best practices were found to be laborious, costly, and slow. The assessment of damage scenarios provides a basis for understanding earthquake road damage and what damage types can be quickly repaired. After reviewing several ideas for a temporary repair system, this project presents a design concept for a repair structure that can be towed as a trailer to the site of earthquake road damage and deployed as a small bridge over the impassable section of road.
