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Overview
- Overview
- Major Facility/Equipment
- Applications
Construction of Facilities to Reproduce Weather Conditions for Road
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- location
- To be decided after March, 2014
196, Oksan-ri, Yeoncheon-eup, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Major facility/equipment
- Accelerated pavement facility, Indoor and outdoor testing facility for accelerated pavement, Rain/snow testing facility, Fog/nighttime testing facility, Flatland crash testing facility, Slope crash testing facility
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- Structural overview
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Site area undecided
Number of levels Indoor testing building for accelerated pavement, one level above ground with one basement level
Building area 1,500㎡
Gross floor area 1,740㎡
Structure Type Reinforced concrete & Steel frame
Overview of the Testing Facility
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- Vision
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- Establishing a comprehensive testing center with various facilities enabling reproduction of extreme weather, crash tests, geometric structures, application of cutting-edge technologies, and accelerated pavement testing
- Building a comprehensive testing center for road facilities, in order to lead the development of technologies in relevant fields, and to promote development of technologies for response system to improve safety
- Improving performance of safety facilities through establishing the relevant standards and controling quality, and, as a result, contributing to expansion of the global market share of Korean companies
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- Main functions
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- Reviewing and establishing performance standards for road safety facility
- Supporting Government's efforts in establishing policies and standards for road safety facility
- Certification tests for road safety facility and products
- Performance assessment of various modern vehicles with cutting-edge technologies
- Analyzing the cause of auto accidents and preparing prevention measures
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- Features
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- Can be utilized for development and certification of road safety facility to cope with extreme weather, such as SB7 level roadside barriers, CC4-level (120km/h) crash cushions, LED streetlights, skid-proof pavement, and pavement markings with high brightness in rainy conditions
- Can be utilized for performance evaluation of advanced modern vehicles, including green cars, on various geometric road structures, and for development of relevant technologies
Major Facility/Equipment
| Testing field | Facility | Facility/Equipment |
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| Accelerated pavement | Accelerated pavement testing equipment |
- Accelerated pavement performance: 12,000 passes/day - Loading performance : 5 ton/wheel load - Wandering performance : 0.5 m Wandering - Movement performance : Towing and loading by trailers |
| Accelerated pavement testing facility |
- Temperature load control : -10℃ ~ +40℃ - Possible to simulate groundwater level - Size of indoor test pits: 30m × 4m × 4m(2EA) |
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| Outdoor accelerated pavement testing facility | - Size of the outdoor test beds: 30m × 30m(2EA) | |
| Reproduction of extreme weather( | Rain/Snow testing facility |
- Rainfall intensity: 50mm/h - Snowfall intensity: 3cm/h - Testing course: 400m |
| Fog/Nighttime testing facility |
- Visibility : 30m - Providing nighttime driving environment - Testing course length : 200m |
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| Full-scale crash | Full-scale crash testing facility |
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Applications
1. Accelerated pavement
- Evaluation of structural damage to pavement by vehicle weight, environment factors, wandering and speed
- Evaluation of plastic deformation of subgrade and asphalt materials
- Evaluation of level of resistance to fatigue, crack and spalling
- Pavement performance evaluation in relation to construction conditions and surface smoothness
- Evaluation on safety including friction and skid resistance
Reproduction of extreme weather
- Performance evaluation tests of pavement markings for different levels of rainfall intensity and driving speed
- Reestablishment of the performance standards for driving in the rain, effective delivery of information to drivers, and development of alternative technologies
- Analysis of driving characteristics on the snow
- Visibility test of road signs and traffic safety facility during the snowfall, and performance tests of new products and technologie
- Tests of new materials and system technologies to cope with the snowfall, including chloride sprayers, deicers and deicing equipment
- Tests for establishing performance standards for various facilities for snowfall
- Test on retro-reflective index of various safety facility for driving in the different levels of fog
- Performance tests of system development technologies to develop the performance standards for foggy conditions and to cope with foggy environment
Full-scale crash
- Production and control of airflowTests on satisfaction of standards for safety facility when crashed
- Quality certification tests for crash test facilities
Geometric structure
- Surveying capacity and modified adjustment factors for various types of intersections including those with and without signals, and roundabouts
- Surveying capacity and capacity adjustment factors for different traffic signal operation systems in signalized intersections
- Surveying capacity and capacity adjustment factors through construction of new type intersections
- Surveying capacity and capacity adjustment factors for different types of bike roads and pedestrian facilities
- Surveying capacity and capacity adjustment factors for different types of transit malls, pedestrian malls and complete streets
TS/Lighting
- Evaluation of driver support systems
- Intelligent parking tests
- Evaluation of controlled traffic signal system, anti-collision system, blind spot detection device and automatic driving or operation
