Guide for the mechanistic-empirical design of new and rehabilitated pavement structures: materials characterization: is your agency ready?
The implementation of the Guide for the Mechanistic-Empirical Design of New and Rehabilitated Pavement Structures (Design Guide) as a standard design practice will also require significant changes to pavement design procedures, testing procedures and equipment, traffic data input, climatic data input, performance criteria, and others. The Design Guide performance models are calibrated using data from the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Program. To maximize the benefits of the Design Guide, agencies will need to embark on an implementation process to ensure that all of the input parameters are acceptable and practical for their location. The Design Guide provides a hierarchical methodology with three levels of design ranging from Level 1 (detailed project specific inputs) to Level 3 (default regional inputs). This paper presents the material characterization input and testing required for use in the Design Guide.
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Authors:
- Olidis, C
- Hein, D
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 2004
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 13p
- Monograph Title: Transportation innovation: accelerating the pace: 2004 Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada, 19-22 September, Quebec, Canada
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Pavement components; Pavement design; Pavements; Research; Specifications; Standardization; Tests for suitability, service and quality; Transportation departments
- Uncontrolled Terms: Design guide
- ATRI Terms: Design guide; Pavement design; Pavement materials; Pavement testing; Research and development; Road authority; Specifications; Standardization
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Research;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01389420
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 23 2012 3:28AM