Simplified Design Table for Minnesota Concrete Pavements

The project “Simplified Design Table for Minnesota Concrete Pavements” led to the creation of MnPCC-ME, a standalone 32-bit Windows executable program to replace the preexisting RigidPave. Whereas RigidPave was based upon the outdated American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) 1993 design procedure for rigid pavements, MnPCC-ME is based on the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) version 1.1, a mechanistic-empirical design procedure that accounts for the effects of traffic loading and environment. Furthermore, MnPCC-ME was localized for Minnesota pavements through: (1) the use of local climate data and weigh-in-motion traffic data; (2) the incorporation of previously conducted calibrations of the MEPDG for Minnesota pavements; and (3) the inclusion of advanced analysis features included in MnPCC-ME’s flexible design counterpart, MnPAVE. The development and source code of MnPCC-ME is detailed in this final report.

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/11299/166797
• Summary URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14153/mndot.2971
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering
  500 Pillsbury Drive, SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455-0116

  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  Center for Transportation Studies, 511 Washington Avenue, SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Research Services and Library
  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Authors:
  • Khazanovich, Lev
  • Tompkins, Derek
• Publication Date: 2014-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 87p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Mechanistic-empirical pavement design; Pavement design; Software; Tables (Data)
• Identifier Terms: Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01538266
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MN/RC 2014-27, CTS Project #2013005
• Contract Numbers: (C) 99008 (WO) 44
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 25 2014 8:59AM