Entwicklung verschleißarmer Fahrbahnübergänge - Forschungsprojekt EVAF - Mobile Datenerfassung - Analyse der dynamischen Belastung

Development of low-wear road expansion joints - Research project EVAF - Mobile collection of data - Analysis of dynamic impacts

Road expansion joints are dynamically high loaded structural elements due to their exposed position. Repair and maintenance actions on road expansion joints have become more and more important over the last years. Goal of the research project EVAF - Development of low-wear road expansion joints - is, based on analysis of the impact and resulting damages, the development of solutions for robust and low-maintenance road expansion joints. The project is carried out in collaboration between the industrial partner Mageba and the research partners AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology) and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna.
A first publication about the project in this journal showed the results of damage evaluation and sensitivity analysis. This publication presents the results from the mobile collection of data and the numerical evaluation of the dynamic impact on road expansion joints.