Integrated Monitoring of Seasonal Variations and Structural Responses to Enable Intelligent Asset Management of Road Infrastructures

In 2017, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) launched an open testing ecosystem of intelligent transport and infrastructure solutions, Aurora. The Aurora test area consists of a 10 km section of main highway E8 South from the village of Muonio in the Western part of Finnish Lapland. Regarding the road infrastructure a key element of the testing ecosystem consists of two extensively instrumented road sections, one of which is located on stiff subgrade soil area and the other one on a softer subgrade soil. Commissioned by FTIA the structural instrumentation of Aurora monitoring sections was accomplished jointly by Tampere University (TAU) and Roadscanners Ltd (RS).