Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD)

Our falling weight deflectometer (FWD) is helping different contractors in evaluating the physical properties of pavement in highways, local roads, airport pavements, harbor areas, railway tracks and elsewhere. FWD is being extensively used for assessing pavement material because of its reliability, speedy operation and ease of use, and is also considered as a benchmark test for pavement evaluation due to close simulation with loading condition of actual moving load. The system is very fast and report generation is done through automated system. The temperature is measured through laser system which is very accurate. Our system is also waterproof, hence no worries of weather interruption.

Options available with Solverra,

FWD can generate the following information.

 

What does our FWD solution do?

The heavy falling weight Deflectometer seeks to mimic the load that is generally put by a car’s wheels. In turn, the pavement testing equipment allows us to use the falling-weight loading system to figure out critical structural details like

  • Soil subgrade strength
  • Aggregate sub-bases
  • Evaluation of layer elastic moduli and overlay design

We drive a high degree of precision with the help of Seismic deflection transducers to accurately measure the shape of the deflection basin

Advantages of our FWD solutions

As one of the most prevalent types of non-destructive testing, FWD drives the below advantages

  • Automated structural testing of pavements
  • Functionality extends to beyond merely load bearing capacity. It also explains the layer of failure
  • Presents a range of treatment options like plane-off rather than simply applying pavement overlays
  • Holistic testing of pavement checks for test point position, the air temperature, and the applicable pavement surface temperature simultaneously
  • Leads to better utilization of resources based on remaining life analysis and overlay thickness. This delivers immense ROI on the falling weight Deflectometer price borne by public bodies in road and pavement construction and maintenance space

We have the expertise to provide FWD testing for a range of surfaces including highways, and ports that need higher load bearing capacity.