LVCT supports activities related to road and airport pavements, railway tracks, traffic, and noise evaluation; quality control of soil, aggregates, binders, bituminous mixtures, and hydraulic mixtures; development and technological validation of new materials; non-destructive mechanical evaluation of transport networks. The activities include teaching, research & development, and consultancy projects in the abovementioned fields.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

  • R&D Activities
  • Teaching Activities
  • Consultancy Services

MAIN RESEARCH AREAS

  • Modeling of network safety performance
  • Maintenance management systems
  • Development of pavement materials incorporating industrial by-products
  • Urban management systems for more efficient mobility
  • Development of new pavement materials

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

  • Performance assessment of materials and pavements
  • Characterization of traffic and noise
  • Support of Research projects experimental work
  • Tools and Indicators for infrastructure planning
  • Quality control of pavement materials
  • Support of Ph.D. and MSc thesis experimental work
  • Support of quality control tests demonstration

CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES

  • Laboratory and field tests for maintenance and rehabilitation of transport infrastructures (i.e., Portugal, Africa, South America, and the Middle East)
  • Tests for pavement management systems of airfield infrastructures
  • Tests for pavement quality control of highway networks

MAIN EQUIPMENT

COMPOSITION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GRANULAR AND BITUMINOUS MATERIALS

Equipment and accessories to properties evaluation of aggregates, bitumen and bituminous mixtures.

BEARING CAPACITY OF ROAD AND AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS

Equipment of non-destructive tests to in-situ bearing capacity evaluation of pavement structures.

TESTING AND PERFORMANCE VALIDATION OF PAVEMENT MATERIALS

Equipment and accessories to laboratory evaluation of mechanical performance of materials: fatigue, strength, moisture sensitivity, rutting, etc.

FRICTION AND ROUGHNESS CHARACTERIZATION OF PAVEMENTS SURFACE

Equipment of non-destructive tests to in-situ evaluation of friction and roughness of pavements surface.

STAFF

Email: luispicadosantos@tecnico.ulisboa.pt