The implications of increasing temperature due to climate change for asphalt concrete performance and pavement design
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DOI: 10.1007/s12205-016-1080-6
Abstract: The dynamic moduli have been recently introduced and effectively used to express the intrinsic behaviour of the viscoelasticity of an asphalt concrete material across a given range of temperatures and frequencies. Those can generally be… read more here.
Keywords: pavement design; climate change; design;
Traffic inputs for pavement ME design using Oklahoma data
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DOI: 10.1007/s42947-019-0020-5
Abstract: Mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide (MEPDG) or Pavement ME Design requires traffic inputs in three levels based on the availability of data and the importance of the project. The availability of site-specific (Level 1) traffic data… read more here.
Keywords: traffic; traffic inputs; traffic data; pavement design ... See more keywords
Evaluation of Transverse Cracking in Flexible Pavements Using Field Investigation and AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design
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DOI: 10.1007/s42947-021-00037-x
Abstract: Transverse cracking is a major distress in asphalt pavements in north-western Oklahoma. Assessment of probable causes of such distresses is helpful to the design of new pavements and maintenance and rehabilitation of existing pavements. In… read more here.
Keywords: pavement design; transverse cracking; field; aashtoware pavement ... See more keywords
Predictive quality of the pavement ME design program for field performance of warm mix asphalt pavements
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DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.11.086
Abstract: Abstract High quality predictive program provides an alternative to assess the long-term performance of asphalt pavements if well-evaluated based on field performance. The asphalt pavement performance models embedded in the Pavement ME Design program were… read more here.
Keywords: field; program; performance; design program ... See more keywords
Development of a national database of asphalt material performance properties in support of perpetual pavement design implementation in Australia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.08.078
Abstract: Abstract There were concerns in the Australian industry that the current pavement design procedure was producing excessively conservative asphalt thicknesses. One of the barriers to producing a new design method is that there is limited… read more here.
Keywords: database asphalt; pavement; asphalt mixes; pavement design ... See more keywords
Link between different bottom-up fatigue’s law coefficients of mechanical-empirical pavement design software
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DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.04.256
Abstract: Abstract Fatigue is considered the main pavement degradation phenomenon at medium temperature for bituminous pavements. Most mechanical-empirical pavement design (M-E PD) software used nowadays refer to the Wohler fatigue curve to predict the number of… read more here.
Keywords: fatigue; mechanical empirical; design software; pavement design ... See more keywords
Dynamic Modulus Characterization of Alaskan Asphalt Mixtures for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design
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DOI: 10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0002069
Abstract: AbstractDynamic modulus (|E*|) is one of the primary required inputs for the mechanistic-empirical pavement design of asphalt concrete (AC) pavements. Prediction of |E*| using specific models and c... read more here.
Keywords: pavement design; empirical pavement; dynamic modulus; mechanistic empirical ... See more keywords
Sensitivity of flexible pavement design to Michigan’s climatic inputs using pavement ME design
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DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2015.1105373
Abstract: Abstract Climate condition is an important factor that affects the performance of pavements and distress predictions using mechanistic-empirical analyses. This study aims to analyse the sensitivity of flexible pavement distress predictions to climatic inputs using… read more here.
Keywords: pavement; pavement design; flexible pavement; sensitivity flexible ... See more keywords
Approaches for local calibration of mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide joint faulting model: a case study of Ontario
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DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2018.1545093
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) has been employed by agencies as an innovative method for pavement design since the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 1-37A was implemented in 2004. Over the… read more here.
Keywords: local calibration; pavement design; calibration; joint faulting ... See more keywords
Preliminary calibration and validation of the Texas Mechanistic-Empirical flexible pavement design
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DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2021.1926458
Abstract: This paper presents a concise approach for calibrating the damage models in the TxME, a mechanistic–empirical flexible pavement design model developed for Texas. The models calibrated are rutting, ... read more here.
Keywords: empirical flexible; mechanistic empirical; pavement; pavement design ... See more keywords
A new approach to the design of rigid pavement: single-axle loading
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DOI: 10.1080/14680629.2016.1182056
Abstract: The purpose of a rigid pavement design is to determine the thickness of the layers and the quality of the materials used in the pavement. The stresses occurring in a pavement should not exceed the… read more here.
Keywords: pavement; cost; single axle; pavement design ... See more keywords