Verification of Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide for the State of New Jersey

The objective of the paper is to present the results of the verification of the predicted rutting, alligator cracking, longitudinal cracking, thermal cracking, and roughness (IRI) using the Mechanistic-Empirical pavement design guide. In this study, nine Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) and sixteen non-LTPP sections in the state of New Jersey were evaluated. The level 3 material input and level 2 traffic input were used during analysis. The input data and measured field performance data were collected from multiple sources. The analysis showed that the average difference between measured rutting and the average predicted asphalt concrete layer rutting was statistically insignificant at 95% confidence level. The measured longitudinal cracking, thermal cracking and roughness (IRI) were statistically similar to the predicted values. In addition the difference between measured and predicted alligator cracking was reasonable considering the error of field measured data, and prediction error due to level 3 material input.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
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  CRC Press/Balkema

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• Authors:
  • Siraj, Nusrat
  • Mehta, Yusuf A
  • Muriel, K M
  • Sauber, Robert W
• Conference:
  • Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields. 8th International Conference (BCR2A'09)
  • Location: Champaign IL, United States
  • Date: 2009-6-29 to 2009-7-2
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: e-book ISBN 9780203865286
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 921-930
• Monograph Title: Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields. Proceedings of the 8th International BCR2A'09 Conference

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete pavements; Cracking of asphalt concrete pavements; Field tests; Mathematical prediction; Pavement design; Pavement layers; Roughness; Rutting
• Identifier Terms: International Roughness Index; Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01350015
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780415871990
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 17 2011 2:29PM