MnPAVE-Rigid 2.0

This project implemented additional features into MnPAVE-Rigid, leading to a new version of MnDOT’s rigid pavement design software. The database of American Association of State Highway Transportation Officers (AASHTO) mechanistic-empirical (M-E) pavement design projects was expanded to account for additional design inputs. A new codebase using the Java scripting language was developed to provide MnDOT with direct control over the software. The representation of traffic loads was expanded to use design lane factors and an axle load spectra estimator to reflect truck proportions from MnDOT traffic reports; in turn, new reliability criteria were adopted for traffic volumes. The project effort included sensitivity studies of the AASHTO M-E software for all stages of the project, from investigating new design inputs, to debugging the original damage calculation, validating the database of AASHTO M-E projects, and testing the implementation of new features. The project is fully documented in this final report, which includes a software user’s guide, the database of all AASHTO M-E design projects, and the full Java source code.

• Record URL:
  http://www.dot.state.mn.us/research/reports/2018/201817.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36060
• Corporate Authors:

  American Engineering Testing, Incorporated

  550 Cleveland Avenue North
  St Paul, MN  United States  55114-1804

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Minnesota Local Road Research Board
  Research Services & Library, 395 John Ireland Boulevard, MS 330
  St. Paul, MN  United States  55155-1899
• Authors:
  • Tompkins, Derek
• Publication Date: 2018-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 526p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Mechanistic-empirical pavement design; Rigid pavements; Software
• Identifier Terms: Minnesota Department of Transportation; MnPAVE
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01673099
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MN/RC 2018-17
• Contract Numbers: (c) 1028076
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 22 2018 4:42PM