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Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Deflectograph
  • Publication no: AGAM-T007-11
  • Published: 3 February 2011
  • Edition: 2.0

This test method defines the procedure for measuring the maximum deflection and curvature of road pavements using a deflectograph.

Specific deflectograph machines may be known by proprietary names (e.g. the VicRoads designed deflectograph is known as the Pavement Strength Evaluator (PaSE)).

Edition 2.0 released March 2011

Edition 1.0 released March 2007

  • 1. Scope
  • 2. Referenced Documents
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Equipment
    • 4.1. Vehicle Specification
    • 4.2. Other Equipment
  • 5. Calibration
  • 6. Procedure
    • 6.1. Pre-test Set-up
    • 6.2. Deflection Survey
  • 7. Reporting
  • Commentary
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