Estimated lifetimes of road pavements in Sweden using time-to-event analysis

Maintenance planning of road pavement requires reliable estimates of roads' lifetimes. In determining the lifetime of a road, this study combines maintenance activities and road condition measurements. The scope of the paper is to estimate lifetimes of road pavements in Sweden with time to event analysis. The model used includes effects of pavement type, road type, bearing capacity, road width, speed limit, stone size and climate zone, where the model is stratified according to traffic load. Among the nine analyzed pavement types, stone mastic had the longest expected lifetime, 32 percent longer than asphalt concrete. Among road types, ordinary roads with cable barriers had 30 percent shorter lifetime than ordinary roads. Increased speed lowered the lifetime, while increased stone size (up to 20 mm) and increased road width lengthened the lifetime. The results are of importance for life cycle cost analysis and road management.

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  Högskolan Dalarna

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• Authors:
  • Svenson, Kristin
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 26
• Serial:
  • Working papers in transport, tourism, information technology and microdata analysis
  • Issue Number: 2013:30
  • Publisher: Högskolan Dalarna, Sweden
  • ISSN: 1650-5581

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous macadam; Bituminous mixtures; Cold coated materials; Durability; Forecasting; Freeways; Highways; Hot coated materials; Layout; Life cycle analysis; Low volume roads; Pavements; Scale models; Seal coats; Stone matrix asphalt; Surfacing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Low cost roads
• ITRD Terms: 4921: Bitumen macadam; 4967: Bituminous mixture; 4988: Cold coated material; 5910: Durability; 2986: Earth road; 132: Estimation; 2885: Geometric design; 2986: Gravel road; 2755: Highway type; 4997: Hot coated material; 5950: Lifetime; 6205: Model (not math); 2752: Motorway; 2955: Pavement; 132: Prediction; 2755: Road; 2973: Sealing coat (on top of the surfacing); 4999: Stone mastic asphalt; 2984: Surface dressing; 2972: Surfacing; 2986: Unsurfaced road
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01664419
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD, VTI
• Created Date: Mar 28 2018 10:22AM