Guide for Conducting Forensic Investigations of Highway Pavements

This guide includes a practical and logical process for conducting forensic investigations of pavements to help understand the reasons behind premature failures or exceptionally good performance, and to collect data for use in developing or calibrating performance-prediction models. The information obtained from these investigations will provide a basis for improving pavement design and construction practices. The process contained in the guide is structured in three phases to allow review after each phase and identify the most appropriate actions for subsequent phases. In this manner, actions that optimize use of resources and enhance the potential for achieving the investigation’s objective will be identified and implemented. The process is supplemented by examples of pavement investigations to illustrate the application of the guide and a set of forms to facilitate recording and use of the acquired data. The example forms are available in CD-ROM format on CRP-CD-135, which accompanies the print version of the guide. The material contained in the report will be of immediate interest to state materials, pavement, and construction engineers, design consultants, paving contractors, and others involved in the different aspects of pavement design and construction.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Print
  • Features: Appendices; CD-ROM; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 160p
  • Serial:
    • NCHRP Report
    • Issue Number: 747
    • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
    • ISSN: 0077-5614

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01492989
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 9780309283458
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Project 01-49
  • Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Sep 16 2013 1:32PM