Comparative pavement life cycle assessment with parameter uncertainty

The authors present a comparative life cycle assessment of pavements considering measurement uncertainty and the data-quality uncertainty. The authors account for the uncertainty due to the prediction of roughness over pavement lifetime and propagate the consequence into the overall footprint. The uncertainty propagation is conducted using a Monte Carlo simulation. Making use of a comparison indicator, the difference in the environmental impacts of two alternative designs is statistically characterized taking into account the correlation in the input parameters. The contribution of different phases and their associated uncertainty characterized and compared for two pavements.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2013.10.002
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920913001272
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Noshadravan, Arash
  • Wildnauer, Margaret
  • Gregory, Jeremy
  • Kirchain, Randolph
• Publication Date: 2013-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 131-138
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Base course (Pavements); Environmental impacts; Life cycle analysis; Monte Carlo method; Roughness; Uncertainty
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01502723
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 2013 7:28AM