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FWD
(redirected from Falling weight deflectometer)

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FWDForward(ed)
FWDFour Wheel Drive
FWDFront Wheel Drive
FWDFree World Dialup
FWDFalling Weight Deflectometer
FWDFast Wide Differential (SCSI)
FWDFoundation for Woodstove Dissemination (Kenya)
FWDFresh Water Drain
FWDFort Worth and Denver Railway Company
FWDFaster, Wider, Deeper
FWDFloquet Wave Diffraction
FWDFree Will and Determinism (psychology scale)
FWDFamily Welfare Department (India)


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] State departments of transportation can use the RWD to identify problems in pavement sections and then revisit the problem areas using other deflection technology, such as the falling weight deflectometer, to obtain more detailed analyses.
A precursor to the rolling wheel deflectometer, the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) is the workhorse for measuring the stiffness of a designated section of a highway.
The soils model includes a modulus estimation tool that enables users to enter a value back-calculated from falling weight deflectometer data--which provides data on a pavement's response to dynamic wheel loads--or even just the soil classification.
 
 
 
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