Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS) Related Equipment

Road Surface Deflectometer

An electronic Benkelman beam.

HVS Profiler

Laser system to measure rutting developed with the Heavy Vehicle Simulator.

Multi Depth Deflectometer

Used to measure 'in-situ' elastic deflections and/or permanent deformation en the various pavement layers of an HVS test section.

Crack Activity Meter

Measure the movement simultaneously in both a horizontal and a vertical plane that a crack undergoes when a load moves over the crack.

Additional CSIR Licensed Products

Dynamic Cone Penetrometer

A simple instrument widely used for non-destructive pavement evaluation as well as construction control.

K-Mould

A mechanical laboratory device in which the lateral restraint is automatically increased as the soil or asphalt specimen is vertically loaded.

Rapid Compaction Control Device

The Rapid Compaction Control device is a non-destructive quality control instrument developed primarily for evaluating the compaction of trench reinstatements in the urban environment.

Stress-in-Motion Pad

This unique system simultaneously measures the vertical, horizontal and longitudinal tire/road interface stress.

Gravel Road Field Test Kit

The field test kit enables the engineer to evaluate borrow materials for use as wearing course on on unsealed  roads and to ensure that the quality of the construction is appropriate.

Win DCP Version 4.0

DCP analysis software.