10th European FWD User Group Meeting in Prague on Monday, October 2, 2023

Date:

The EuroFWD UGM will be held in Prague on October 2, 2023 from 2.15PM to 4.15PM in conjunction with the XXVIIth PIARC World Road Congress (https://www.wrc2023prague.org/).

Address of the venue:

Prague Congress Centre, 5.kvetna 65, 140 21 Prague 4, Czech Republic.

Meeting Room 1.1 (first floor)

Four presentations, 25 minutes each:

  • Helene Persson (Greenwood Engineering A/S) 

Comparing pavement response from a single rolling wheel with FWD.

  • Per Otto Aursand (Norwegian Public Roads Administration)

Deflection Measurements on the National Road Network of Norway using RAPTOR.

  • Arman Hamidi (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

A Comparison Between Rapid Pavement Tester and Falling Weight Deflectometer.

  • Kåre Sloth Jensen (measure)

A short presentation about “measure”

  • Ronald Vennix (wegdekmeten.nl)

FWD dynamicbackcalculation in dailypavement engineering practice

An open discussion for 20 minutes:

  • The role of the FWD in comparison to the TSDD’s, their advantages and inconveniences, their respective data quality, etc.