PROJECT PORTFOLIO

Heavy Weight Deflectometer

Survey &
Overlay Design

Translink Infrastructure
Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
210, Atlantis Enclave, Memnagar, Ahmedabad 380052
www.translinkinfra.com karan.dave@translinkinfra.com +917043402040

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Translink Infrastructure Consultants Pvt. Ltd. is the first &
only consulting firm in India to have procured Heavy
Weight Deflectometer in India. The HWD can apply a
loading in the range of 30-320kN, enabling it to simulate
even the most extreme aircraft wheel load such as the
Boeing 777, the Airbus 340 or 380. The HWD is highly
versatile and can be used to test on both rigid, paver block
and flexible pavements used on roads and airports.
Instrument meets all HWD standards worldwide.
Key Economic Benefits
Dynamic loading enables mechanistic-empirical
analysis of the pavement layers and the determination of
optimum rehabilitation strategies
Automated and rapid structural pavement testing
Determines the layer of failure, rather than determining
simply the bearing capacity
QA/QC of newly built pavements
Compares a range of rehabilitation options, including
plane off and recycling rather than just applying
overlays

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Key Engineering Benefits
Our HWD provides accurate, reproducible and
repeatable data
The automated load or deflection sensing ensures
consistent data
Automated and real-time monitoring of load cell,
geophones and data variations ensures high quality of
collected data
Uses mechanistic analysis allowing testing of most
pavement structures
The HWD is used worldwide from the hottest and driest
deserts, to the humid tropics and the cooler polar
regions
Our system comes from the original commercial
developer of the Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD)
technology, Dynatest, who is the worlds largest supplier
of FWD equipment. This highly accurate, well
supported, reliable and continuously refined Dynatest
product line is a proven load/deflection measurement
solution for engineers worldwide.

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FWD/HWD generated data, combined with layer
thickness, can be confidently used to obtain the in-situ
resilient E-moduli of a pavement structure. This
information can in turn be used in a structural analysis to
determine the bearing capacity, estimate expected life, and
calculate an overlay requirement, if applicable (over a
desired design life).
Deflectometer is used for the following applications:

Pavement rehabilitation and overlay

PCC joint sealing evaluation
Pavement management systems
Load transfer efficiency
Void detection
Spring load restrictions
Utility cuts
Experimental paving materials
Project acceptance and evaluation

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Key Technical Points:
Load pulse : All mass configurations produce a transient load
pulse approximately half sine wave formed and 25 to 30 msec in
duration, with a rise time of 10 to 15 msec for any falling height
(for all loads). This arrangement best simulates the on field
creation of load pulse and hence the deflection bowl.

Deflection Bowl: With as many as 13 geophones we can sense

the deflection till 2.1 meter or smoother bowl for a deflection
basin with 1.8 meter radius. The equipment allows up to 15
deflection sensors (geophones) to be used simultaneously.
Load pulse rise time reproducibility: Our instruments has load
pulse has a more reproducible rise time and it has been globally
proven.
Load pulse peak load reproducibility: Our instruments load
pulse has a more reproducible peak value which offers the
possibility to compare measured and expected peak load from a
certain drop height, and ensure the correctness of the load
measurement.
Load plate: Our instruments load plate has four sectors; each
sector can also be tilted. There is significantly thick ribbed
rubber to evenly distribute the pressure within each sector.

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Key Technical Points:
Time Histories
Time histories are collected for the load signal and all 15
deflection channels in a time window ranging from 40 to 200
msec
The system is capable of storing histories for up to 400 msec
when the data is required for special research needs and for
undertaking dynamic analysis.
Sampling circuit can scan each of the channels in 0.05 msec
intervals independent of the number of channels in use.
Accuracy: Equipment accuracy remains stable and verification
is not required on a frequent basis (regardless of type of test
sites, changes in deflector distances, etc.) Ongoing user
verification of original guaranteed deflection specifications is
provided in the form of a relative/dynamic field calibration
verification procedure in which a minimum of nine (9) of the
deflectors are placed into a mechanical columnar device to
obtain comparative relative calibration verification of the
deflectors at any distance from the load up to a distance of at
least 2.5 meters (8 ft) to ensure that all deflectors give the same
data output within specification tolerances, at large as well as
small deflection levels, and both close to and far from the
loading plate under actual HWD loading conditions.

PROJECTS
Project: Pretender Services for Four Laning of Bar-BilaraJodhpur Section of NH 112 from km 0.000 to km 111.000
(Existing chainage) in the state of Rajasthan under EPC mode
Client : Larsen & Toubro Engineering Construction Company
Test Points : 260

Status: Completed

Key Personnel : Mr. Karan Dave, Mr. Tushar Bhavsar

Note : Client won the Bid.

PROJECTS
Project: FWD Studies for Four/Six lanning of KhararLudhiana Section of NH 95 on Hybrid Annuity Mode in the
State of Punjab
Client : L&T IDPL
Test Points : 260

Status: Completed

Key Personnel : Mr. Karan Dave, Mr. Maulik Patel

PROJECTS
Project: FWD Studies for Four of Phagwara-Rupnagar
Section of NH 344A on Hybrid Annuity Mode in the State of
Punjab
Client : L&T IDPL
Test Points : 260

Status: Completed

Key Personnel : Mr. Nirmal Maisuria, Mr. Tushar Bhavsar

PROJECTS
Project: Overlay design on the basis of FWD Survey for
Rehabilitation and Up gradation of Baleshwar - Baripada Jharpokhria (Jn. of NH-5 with NH-6) section of NH-5 from
km 0+000 to 80+600 (Length = 80+600 km) Under NHDP-IVB.
Client : Backbone Enterprises Ltd.
Test Points : 393 Status: Completed
Key Personnel : Mr. Ajinkya Gautam, Mr. Tejas Patel, Mr.
Karan Dave

PROJECTS
Project: Pre Bid Engineering Services for Six Laning of
Kishangarh to Gulabpura Section of NH79A and NH7 in the
States of Rajasthan (Length 90.000 Km) on DBFOT (Toll)
under NHDP Phase V
Client : Larsen &
Company.

Toubro

Engineering

Construction

Test Points : 1500 Status: Completed

Key Personnel : Mr. Ajinkya Gautam, Mr. Tejas Patel, Mr.
Karan Dave
Note: Client won the Bid

PROJECTS
Project: Pre Bid Engineering Services for Six Laning of
Gulabpura Chittorgarh Section of NH79 in the States of
Rajasthan (Length 124.870Km) on DBFOT (Toll) under
NHDP Phase V
Client : Larsen &
Company.

Toubro

Engineering

Construction

Test Points : 1000 Status: Completed

Key Personnel : Mr. Ajinkya Gautam, Mr. Nirmal Maisuria,
Mr. Tejas Patel
Note: Client won the Bid

PROJECTS
Project: Pre Bid Engineering Services for Six Laning of from
Km 287.400 to Km 401.200 Section of NH-8 in the States of
Rajasthan (Length 113.800 Km) on DBFOT (Toll) under
NHDP Phase
Client : Larsen &
Company.

Toubro

Engineering

Construction

Test Points : 1500 Status: Completed

Key Personnel : Mr. Ajinkya Gautam, Mr. Nirmal Maisuria,
Mr. Tejas Patel