Study on Temperature Correction of Asphalt Pavement Deflection Based on the Deflection Change Rate

Abstract

The pavement deflection measured by falling weight deflectometer (FWD) detection equipment can be used to determine the bearing capacity of a pavement structure through modulus backcalculation to provide suggestions for pavement structure maintenance. However, because asphalt mixtures are temperature-sensitive materials, they are greatly affected by temperature, and changes in temperature can cause their mechanical properties to vary and affect the structural bearing capacity. Therefore, this paper conducts a pavement deflection test on an in-service highway asphalt pavement at different temperatures in different seasons. The representative temperature of the asphalt layer was determined through comparative analysis. The temperature’s effective influence distance on the deflection basin was found, and a more suitable temperature correction model for the deflection basin of asphalt pavement was established. The results showed that the temperature at the middle layer depth of the asphalt layer is more suitable as the representative temperature of the asphalt layer. The effective influence range of temperature on the deflection basin is 90 cm. The deflection change rate before and after the temperature correction at a radial distance of 20 cm is more appropriate for the temperature correction of the deflection basin.