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NCHRP-IDEA Program Quarterly Report NCHRP IDEA Program Products with an Impact or Potential Impact on Current Highway Practice Notable Examples April 2020 NCHRP IDEA Program Products with an Impact or Potential Impact on Current Highway Practice Notable Examples April 2020 NCHRP IDEA Program Committee (2020) Chair Catherine McGhee Kevin Pete Director, Virginia Transportation Director, Research and Technology Research Council Implementation Texas DOT Virginia DOT Rachael Sack Members Director, USDOT SBIR Program Ahmad Abu Hawash Volpe National Transportation Systems Chief Structural Engineer Center Iowa DOT James Sime Farhad Ansari Consultant, Formerly Connecticut DOT Associate Vice Chancellor for East Hartford, Connecticut Research Joseph Wartman University of Illinois at Chicago Professor of Civil Engineering Nicholas Burmas University of Washington Chief, Office of Materials and FHWA Liaison Infrastructure California DOT Mary Huie Manager, Innovation/Technology Transfer Paul Carlson Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center Chief Technology Officer Road Infrastructure, Inc. AASHTO Liaison Allison Hardt Glenn Page Deputy Director, Policy and Research Associate Program Director, Project Delivery Maryland SHA TRB Liaison Eric Harm Consultant, Formerly Illinois DOT Rich Cunard Windermere, Florida Engineer of Traffic and Operations Technical Activities Division Denise Inda Chief Traffic Operations Engineer NCHRP/CRP Staff Nevada DOT Lori Sundstrom Patricia Leavenworth Deputy Director, Cooperative Research Deputy Administrator/Chief Engineer Programs Massachusetts DOT Christopher Hedges Michelle Owens Director, Cooperative Research Programs State Research and Development Engineer NCHRP IDEA Staff Alabama DOT Inam Jawed Emily Parkany Manager, NCHRP IDEA Program Research Manager Demisha Williams Vermont Agency for Transportation Senior Program Assistant, IDEA Programs March 27, 2020 Dear Transportation Professional: I had the pleasure of serving as a member and chair of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program’s (NCHRP) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) program for twelve years. I found the IDEA program to be unique among all other transportation research programs, and know it continues to result in many implementable products that are solving some of our challenging highway transportation problems. It is making a difference in the transportation world around us, and I have found my participation in IDEA to have been very rewarding. This report tells a powerful story about successful and innovative solutions to our pressing transportation problems. The IDEA projects are solicited from anyone with an innovative idea, which may result in an implementable product that will solve a highway transportation problem. All of the funded projects must meet the criteria of being high risk, and having a high payoff if successful. This initial funding provides seed money to explore cutting edge concepts in the broad area of highway transportation. The products identified in this report have been identified by type, so you can read about the specific products of greatest interest. This is the third time the NCHRP staff have investigated and reported on the products which were funded by the program, since its beginning twenty-seven years ago. The first report resulted in a finding of roughly 30% of the products being commercialized or soon-to-be commercialized. This initial finding pleasantly surprised many of us working with the program at the time, since by its very nature the investments are for higher risk, unproven technologies. The second report resulted in a finding of 42% of the products being commercialized or poised to be commercialized. This most recent third report has resulted in a finding of 44% of the products either being commercialized or implemented or have a high implementation potential in the near term. I continue to be amazed at the impact some of the products have made, which were funded years ago. It seems that many of these products take time to mature and enter the marketplace, but once they do, their use grows. It just takes time and patience. Additionally, I was so pleased to read about the history and contributions of the IDEA program, a recognized and celebrated lasting legacy from the Strategic Highway Research Program, found in TRB’s Centennial 1920-2020 book: Transportation Research Board – Everyone Interested Is Invited. If you haven’t had a chance yet to read these pages, a section of the book is dedicated to the IDEA program, pages 267-269. All of us who have worked with the NCHRP IDEA program should be very proud of what this innovative program has accomplished over the years and should be congratulated for the support and faith we have had for decades in this unique research program. Sincerely, Sandra Q. Larson Transportation Innovation Strategies Leader, Stanley Consultants (formerly, Director, Systems Operations Bureau, Iowa DOT) Chair, TRB Centennial Task Force Past Vice Chair and Member, AASHTO Standing Committee on Research (SCOR) Past Chair and Member, AASHTO Research Advisory Committee (RAC) Past Chair and Member, NCHRP IDEA Program Committee i ii Contents NCHRP IDEA Products/Projects by Topic Areas ......................................................................... vii Foreword ............................................................................................................................................ xiii Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................ xiv Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1 NCHRP IDEA Products – At a Glance .......................................................................................... 3 Products in the marketplace................................................................................................... 5 Promising products with high implementation potential ....................................................... 17 NCHRP IDEA Products Commercialized or Implemented – Some Examples .......................... 31 Sprayed zinc galvanic anode for corrosion protection of reinforcing steel ........................... 33 in marine substructures (Project #3) Admixture for improved corrosion protection of concrete (Hycrete) (Project #13).............. 36 Automated bridge deck anti- and de-icing system (Project #27) .......................................... 39 Corrosion-resistant steel for concrete reinforcement (DMF/MMFX steel) ........................... 42 (Project #28) Fiber-reinforced polymer composite bridge deck (Projects #30, 46) .................................... 45 Pavement quality indicator (Projects #32, 47) ...................................................................... 47 Hybrid composite beam for bridges (Project #60) ................................................................ 49 A computer-controlled image analysis system for measuring aggregate shape .................... 52 properties (Projects #77, 114) Improved asphalt cement specifications test methods (Projects #84, 104) ........................... 54 DriveCam (Project #ITS 84) ................................................................................................. 56 Self-consolidating concrete (Project #89) ............................................................................. 59 Asphalt binder thermal cracking test (Project #99) ............................................................... 62 Impact echo scanner for nondestructive evaluation of grout/voids in post-tensioned ........... 64 bridge ducts and imaging structural concrete defects (Project #102) A soil compaction control measurement device (Project #118) ............................................ 66 iii 3-D digital imaging for management of unstable highway slopes (Project #119) ................ 68 (Project #119) Image pattern recognition algorithms for processing video log images for .......................... 70 roadway infrastructure data collection (Project #121) Virtual assembly system to aid in steel bridge fabrication (Project #127) ............................ 72 Bridge deck scanner (Project #132) ...................................................................................... 75 Simple tests for low-temperature properties of asphalt binders and mixtures ……………. 77 (Projects #133 and 151) Computer vision traffic sensor for fixed and pan-tilt-zoom cameras (Project #140) ............ 79 Signal head vibration absorber for traffic signal support structures (Project #141) ............. 81 A mobile system for measuring rertoreflectivity of pavement markings .............................. 84 (Project #146) Cleaning device for removing debris and chemicals for crack/joint sealing ......................... 86 (Projects #148, 159) Bridge retrofit laser system (Project #153) ........................................................................... 88 Automated asphalt pavement raveling detection using 3-D laser technology ....................... 91 and macrotexture analysis (Project #163) Augmented reality visualization for excavation safety (Project #167) ................................. 93 A software system for automated turning movement counts on shared lanes ....................... 95 (Projects #177, 198) Portable total stress measurement instrument for steel bridges ............................................. 97 (Project #179) Drained timber pile ground improvement for liquefaction
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