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Book Synopsis Development and Implementation of a Mechanistic and Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) for Rigid Pavements--phase 2 by : Tyler Ley
Download or read book Development and Implementation of a Mechanistic and Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) for Rigid Pavements--phase 2 written by Tyler Ley and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Development and Implementation of a Mechanistic and Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) for Rigid Pavements by : Tyler Ley
Download or read book Development and Implementation of a Mechanistic and Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) for Rigid Pavements written by Tyler Ley and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abstract: This report completes a sensitivity analysis of the MEPDG based on Oklahoma pavements, provides a literature review of base material best practices, increases the Oklahoma weather data available for the MEPDG, investigates the impact of curing on curling from drying shrinkage and from temperature differentials in concrete pavements, provides regional input guidance for strength, coefficient of thermal expansion, and shrinkage for Oklahoma concrete mixtures. This research will speed the adoption of the MEPDG in Oklahoma."--Technical report documentation page.
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Book Synopsis Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide by : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Download or read book Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide written by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2008 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide Implementation Plan by : Todd E. Hoerner
Download or read book Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide Implementation Plan written by Todd E. Hoerner and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As AASH is expected to eventually adopt the MEPDG at its primary pavement design method, it is critical that the SDDOT become familiar with the MEPGD documentation and associated design software. The research conducted under this project was a first step toward achieving this goal.
Book Synopsis Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) Method Implemented to Estimate Damage in Flexible and Rigid Pavements by : Tenzin Gusto
Download or read book Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) Method Implemented to Estimate Damage in Flexible and Rigid Pavements written by Tenzin Gusto and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The implementation of the Empirical-Mechanistic Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) method for flexible and rigid pavements requires numerous input parameters. Most of these parameters can be easily determined while some require best estimates that are usually extracted from available literature. This thesis identifies the most critical input parameters in terms of their effects on the damage of pavements and their influence on the determination of the number of corrective maintenance cycles to be performed during the design life of pavements. It was found that for flexible pavement, change in the average monthly temperature by as little as results in large differences in the number of corrective maintenance cycles. Also, consistently with simple mechanics concepts, pavements on stiffer foundations performed better under the load and hence, required fewer number of the corrective maintenance cycles than those founded on more flexible soils. Also, variations in truck weights affected the outcome in terms of the estimated number of corrective maintenance cycles for flexible pavement. Hence, better estimates of the number of corrective maintenance cycles can be obtained when the analysis was based on larger numbers of truck samples. On the contrary, no significant difference in the final estimation of the number of corrective maintenance cycles was found for rigid pavements even when the average monthly temperatures were increased or decreased by as much as . Moreover, no major difference was observed when a larger sample of trucks was used as input for the analysis. Similarly, change in ambient temperature which is directly related to the differential temperature on the top and the bottom of the slab that may lead to the curling of the slab and faulting, was found not to be critical. Similar to the results obtained for flexible pavements, rigid pavement with stiffer foundation properties performed better in terms of the number of corrective maintenance cycles as they required fewer corrective maintenance cycles.
Book Synopsis Implementation of the Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide in Utah by : Michael I. Darter
Download or read book Implementation of the Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide in Utah written by Michael I. Darter and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Highway agencies across the nation are moving towards implementation of the new AASHTO Mechanistic- Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) for pavement design. The objective of this project was to implement the MEPDG into the daily operations of the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). The implementation of the MEPDG as a UDOT standard required modifications in some UDOT pavement design protocols (i.e., lab testing procedures, equipment, and protocols, traffic data reporting, software issues, design output interpretation, and others). A key requirement is validation of the MEPDG's nationally calibrated pavement distress and smoothness prediction models when applied under Utah conditions and performing local calibration if needed. This was accomplished using data from Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) projects located in Utah and UDOT pavement management system (PMS) pavement sections. The nationally calibrated MEPDG models were evaluated. With the exception of the new hot-mix asphalt (HMA) pavement total rutting model, all other models were found to be reasonable. The rutting model was locally calibrated to increase goodness of fit and remove significant bias. Due to the nature of the data used in model validation, it is recommended that further MEPDG model validation be accomplished in the future using a database that contains HMA pavement and jointed plain concrete pavement (JPCP) exhibiting moderate to severe deterioration. This report represents Phase II of the UDOT MEPDG implementation study and builds on the Phase I study report completed in 2005 for UDOT. The Draft User's Guide for UDOT Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design (UDOT Research Report No. UT-09.11a, dated October 2009) incorporates the findings of this report as inputs and pavement design guidelines for Utah for use by UDOT's pavement design engineers during trial implementation of the MEPDG"--Technical report documentation p.
Book Synopsis Recommended Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide and Software by : National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Download or read book Recommended Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide and Software written by National Cooperative Highway Research Program and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This digest announces the availability of key products from NCHRP Project 1-37A, 'Development of the 2002 guide for the design of new and rehabilitated pavement structures: phase II, ' for evaluation"--Page 1 excerpt
Book Synopsis Guide for the Local Calibration of the Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide by :
Download or read book Guide for the Local Calibration of the Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide written by and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2010 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides guidance to calibrate the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) software to local conditions, policies, and materials. It provides the highway community with a state-of-the-practice tool for the design of new and rehabilitated pavement structures, based on mechanistic-empirical (M-E) principles. The design procedure calculates pavement responses (stresses, strains, and deflections) and uses those responses to compute incremental damage over time. The procedure empirically relates the cumulative damage to observed pavement distresses.
Book Synopsis Preparation of the Implementation Plan of AASHTO Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide (M-EPDG) in Connecticut by : Iliya Yut
Download or read book Preparation of the Implementation Plan of AASHTO Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide (M-EPDG) in Connecticut written by Iliya Yut and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Implementation of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide for New and Rehabilitated Pavement Structures for Design of Concrete and Asphalt Pavements in Minnesota by : Raul Velasquez
Download or read book Implementation of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide for New and Rehabilitated Pavement Structures for Design of Concrete and Asphalt Pavements in Minnesota written by Raul Velasquez and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recently introduced Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) and related software provide capabilities for the analysis and performance prediction of different types of flexible and rigid pavements. An important aspect of this process is the evaluation of the performance prediction models and sensitivity of the predicted distresses to various input parameters for local conditions and, if necessary, re-calibration of the performance prediction models. To achieve these objectives, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the Local Road Research Board (LRRB) initiated a study "Implementation of the MEPDG for New and Rehabilitated Pavement Structures for Design of Concrete and Asphalt Pavements in Minnesota." This report presents the results of the evaluation of default inputs, identification of deficiencies in the software, sensitivity analysis, and comparison of results to the expected limits for typical Minnesota site conditions, a wide range of pavement design features (e.g. layer thickness, material properties, etc), and the effects of different parameters on predicted pavement distresses. Since the sensitivity analysis was conducted over a span of several years and the MEPDG software underwent significant modifications, especially for flexible pavements, various versions of the MEPDG software were run. Performance prediction models of the latest version of the MEPDG 1.003 were evaluated and modified or recalibrated to reduce bias and error in performance prediction for Minnesota conditions.
Book Synopsis Pavement Design and Materials by : A. T. Papagiannakis
Download or read book Pavement Design and Materials written by A. T. Papagiannakis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-22 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, state-of-the-art guide to pavement design and materials With innovations ranging from the advent of SuperpaveTM, the data generated by the Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) project, to the recent release of the Mechanistic-Empirical pavement design guide developed under NCHRP Study 1-37A, the field of pavement engineering is experiencing significant development. Pavement Design and Materials is a practical reference for both students and practicing engineers that explores all the aspects of pavement engineering, including materials, analysis, design, evaluation, and economic analysis. Historically, numerous techniques have been applied by a multitude of jurisdictions dealing with roadway pavements. This book focuses on the best-established, currently applicable techniques available. Pavement Design and Materials offers complete coverage of: The characterization of traffic input The characterization of pavement bases/subgrades and aggregates Asphalt binder and asphalt concrete characterization Portland cement and concrete characterization Analysis of flexible and rigid pavements Pavement evaluation Environmental effects on pavements The design of flexible and rigid pavements Pavement rehabilitation Economic analysis of alternative pavement designs The coverage is accompanied by suggestions for software for implementing various analytical techniques described in these chapters. These tools are easily accessible through the book’s companion Web site, which is constantly updated to ensure that the reader finds the most up-to-date software available.
Book Synopsis Draft User's Guide for UDOT Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design by : Michael I. Darter
Download or read book Draft User's Guide for UDOT Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design written by Michael I. Darter and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Validation of the new AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide's (MEPDG) nationally calibrated pavement distress and smoothness prediction models when applied under Utah conditions, and local calibration of the new hot-mix asphalt (HMA) pavement total rutting model, were recently completed as documented in UDOT Research Report No. UT-09.11 Implementation of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide in Utah: Validation, Calibration, and Development of the UDOT MEPDG User's Guide, dated October 2009. This Draft User's Guide incorporates the findings of the model validation and local calibration report and provides information for use by UDOT's pavement design engineers during trial implementation of the MEPDG. This information includes an overview of the MEPDG procedure, information on installation of the software, guidelines for obtaining all needed inputs, guidance to perform pavement design using the software for new and rehabilitated HMA pavement and jointed plain concrete pavement (JPCP), and pavement design examples for new HMA pavement and new JPCP using the MEPDG software.
Book Synopsis Implementation of the Mechanistic-empiricalpavement [sic] Design Guide (MEPDG) by : George Abraham Dzotepe
Download or read book Implementation of the Mechanistic-empiricalpavement [sic] Design Guide (MEPDG) written by George Abraham Dzotepe and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current pavement design methodology based on the AASHTO Design Guide uses an empirical approach based on the results of the AASHTO Road Test conducted in 1958. But limitations of the current guide led AAHSTO to publish the new Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG), which combines mechanistic and empirical methodology by using calculations of pavement responses, such as stress, strains, and deformations (mechanistic) using site specific inputs from climate, material, and traffic properties. As a new design guide and with large data inputs required, there are bound to be challenges. In this respect, the MEPDG is currently undergoing many changes with further research being conducted at the national, regional, and local levels into various aspects of the guide, especially in the areas of materials, climate, and traffic characteristics. It is hoped that the findings from various research studies will facilitate the implementaion of the MEPDG within national, regional, and local transportation agencies and professionals. Consequently, a North-West States' MEPDG User Group meeting was held in Oregon on March 9-10 to discuss the region's implementation plans and progress, related technical issues, and the future direction of the MEPDG. This report summarizes the findings from the meeting and seeks to outline the research needs necessary to facilitate the implementation of the MEPDG in the North-West region.
Book Synopsis Local Calibration of Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide for North Eastern United States by : Shariq A. Momin
Download or read book Local Calibration of Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide for North Eastern United States written by Shariq A. Momin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) developed under the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) 1-37A project is based on mechanistic-empirical analysis of the pavement structure to predict the performance of the pavement under different sets of conditions (traffic, structure and environment). MEPDG takes into account the advanced modeling concepts and pavement performance models in performing the analysis and design of pavement. The mechanistic part of the design concept relies on the application of engineering mechanics to calculate stresses, strains and deformations in the pavement structure induced by the vehicle loads. The empirical part of the concept is based on laboratory developed performance models that are calibrated with the observed distresses in the in-service pavements with known structural properties, traffic loadings, and performances. These models in the MEPDG were calibrated using a national database of pavement performance data (Long Term Pavement Performance, LTPP) and will provide design solution for pavements with a national average performance. In order to improve the performance prediction of the models and the efficiency of the design for a given state, it is necessary to calibrate it to local conditions by taking into consideration locally available materials, traffic information and the environmental conditions. The objective of this study was to calibrate the MEPDG flexible pavement performance models to local conditions of Northeastern region of United States. To achieve this, seventeen pavement sections were selected for the calibration process and the relevant data (structural, traffic, climatic and pavement performance) was obtained from the LTPP database. MEPDG software (Version 1.1) simulation runs were made using the nationally calibrated coefficients and the MEPDG predicted distresses were compared with the LTPP measured distresses (rutting, alligator and longitudinal cracking, thermal cracking and IRI). The predicted distresses showed fair agreement with the measured distresses but still significant differences were found. The difference between the measured and the predicted distresses were minimized through recalibration of the MEPDG distress models. For the permanent deformation models of each layer, a simple linear regression with no intercept was performed and a new set of model coefficients (ßr1, ßGB, and ßSG) for asphalt concrete, granular base and subgrade layer models were calculated. The calibration of alligator (bottom-up fatigue cracking) and longitudinal (topdown fatigue cracking) was done by deriving the appropriate model coefficients (C1, C2, and C4) since the fatigue damage is given in MEDPG software output. Thermal cracking model was not calibrated since the measured transverse cracking data in the LTPP database did not increase with time, as expected to increase with time. The calibration of IRI model was done by computing the model coefficients (C1, C2, C3, and C4) based on other distresses (rutting, total fatigue cracking, and transverse cracking) by performing a simple linear regression.
Book Synopsis The Effect of Environmental Factors on the Implementation of the Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) by : George Abraham Dzotepe
Download or read book The Effect of Environmental Factors on the Implementation of the Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) written by George Abraham Dzotepe and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current pavement design based on the AASHTO Design Guide uses an empirical approach from the results of the AASHO Road Test conducted in 1958. To address some of the limitations of the original design guide, AASHTO developed a new guide: Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). This guide combines the mechanistic and empirical methodology by making use of calculations of pavement responses such as stress, strains, and deformations using site specific inputs from climate, material, and traffic properties. With the new guide, various implementation challenges need to be overcome by agencies wanting to facilitate its use. In this respect, the MEPDG is currently undergoing several validation and calibration research studies, which are in the areas of materials, climate and traffic characteristics. It is anticipated that the findings from the various research studies will facilitate the implementaion of the MEPDG nationwide. This study summarizes the challenges that are likely to impede implementation of the MEPDG within the Northwest Region and how these can be overcome. The study also investigates the effects of climate variables on the predicted pavement performance indicators and, in addition, evaluates the adequacy of using interpolated climate data on pavement performance in the state of Wyoming.
Book Synopsis Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide Flexible Pavement Performance Prediction Models for Montana: Reference manual by : Harold L. Von Quintus
Download or read book Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide Flexible Pavement Performance Prediction Models for Montana: Reference manual written by Harold L. Von Quintus and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Asphalt Material Design Inputs for Use with the Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide in Virginia by : Alex K. Apeagyei
Download or read book Asphalt Material Design Inputs for Use with the Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Guide in Virginia written by Alex K. Apeagyei and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guide for the Mechanistic-Empirical Design of New & Rehabilitated Pavement Structures (MEPDG), developed under NCHRP Project 1-37A and recently adopted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), offers an improved methodology for pavement design and evaluation. To achieve this improved prediction capability, the MEPDG procedure requires fundamental material properties in addition to certain empirically determined binder and mixture properties as design inputs. One of the key tasks identified by the Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) Asphalt Concrete MEPDG Committee was the laboratory characterization of asphalt mixtures commonly used in Virginia to generate a catalog of the MEPDG-required design inputs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate, compile, and present asphalt material properties in a format that could be readily used in the MEPDG software and to develop a comprehensive catalog of MEPDG design input parameters for pavement design in Virginia. To achieve this objective, 18 asphalt concrete mixtures, sampled from seven of the nine VDOT districts, were tested using a battery of MEPDG-required tests including dynamic modulus (E*), flow number (FN), creep compliance, tensile strength, and beam fatigue tests. Testing involving binder and volumetric properties of the mixtures was also conducted. Finally, rut tests using the asphalt pavement analyzer (APA), a standard VDOT test protocol, were conducted to enable a direct comparison of the APA and FN test results. On the basis of these tests, suggestions for additional studies were made. The results of the study were presented in a form matching the MEPDG input format, and a catalog of design input parameters was developed for the 18 asphalt concrete mixtures. Included in the catalog were binder stiffness, mixture E*, mixture gradation, and mixture volumetric properties that would enable a designer the flexibility to select the desired input level (1, 2, or 3) depending on the pavement type. An illustrative example of how the developed inputs could be implemented using the MEPDG software was also provided. The results showed that E* master curves of asphalt mixtures obtained using the five standard testing temperatures described in AASHTO TP 62 could be obtained by testing at only three temperatures, which could result in a substantial reduction of testing time. The results also showed that the FN test was a sensitive test for evaluating rutting susceptibility of asphalt mixtures in the laboratory. The FN test was found to be sensitive to binder stiffness, mixture stiffness, mixture volumetric properties, aggregate gradation, and amount of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) for the mixtures considered in this study. The study recommends that the catalog of input data for typical asphalt mixtures developed in this study be considered for pavement design in Virginia. The data followed expected trends and compared quite well with those reported in previous studies. Further studies should be conducted to evaluate the FN test as an additional tool for evaluating rutting in asphalt mixtures. Mixtures containing higher amounts of RAP (>20%) exhibited comparatively lower rutting resistance than those with 20% or less RAP. This phenomenon was unexpected since it is generally believed that adding more RAP should result in stiffer and hence more rut-resistant mixtures. Additional research should be conducted to investigate this phenomenon further.
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