OUR SERVICES
Consulting
VIHSC provides assistance with Development and Implementation of IRI based pavement and bridge smoothness specifications, Inertial Profiler Equipment & Operator Certification, Improvement and Application of Highway Network Profiler Survey Data, and Friction Management. A critical piece to this type of work is assessment of where an Agency, Staff, and Contractors are and then developing a plan of getting them all to the desired state.
Training
VIHSC custom-tailors training to fit your specific needs.
Ride Quality and Inertial Profiling Topics: Inertial Profile Technology and Use, ProVAL software, Pavement and Highway Construction: Asphalt Pavements, Concrete Pavements and Structures, International Roughness Index (IRI), Development and Execution of Corrective Action Plans on highways to improve smoothness, and Quality and Applications of Network Inertial Profiles.
Tire/Pavement Friction Topics: Theory, Measurement and Interpretation, Friction Supply and Demand, Friction Improvement Strategies, overall Friction Management for Improved Highway Safety.
Texture Topics: The Role Microtexture and Macrotexture play with respect to all of the characteristics/properties and Measurement & Application of Highway Surface Texture.
Research
VIHSC will entertain performing or collaborating on research efforts in the Highway Surface Characteristics and Vehicle Interaction Properties realm.
VIHSC supports the vision of any texture or friction related research which moves in the direction of non-contact measurement and response simulation.