Texas Mechanistic-Empirical Flexible Pavement Design and Analysis System (TxME) Student Handbook

This student handbook is to provide basic and advanced training about the use of the Texas Mechanistic-Empirical Flexible Pavement Design and Analysis System (TxME). It can be used as a TxME user manual and a standalone resource of Mechanistic-Empirical (M-E) flexible pavement design training material. The purposes of the TxME training are to: (1) Provide students advanced, in-depth knowledge about the flexible pavement design; (2) Help students understand the importance of M-E models in pavement performance prediction; (3) Allow students to examine the influence of key input parameters such as climate, traffic, pavement structure, and material property; (4) Let students explore different combinations of material design and thickness design and choose the best option; and (5) Help students to identify the issues that some kind of materials or pavement structures may cause. At the end of this course, participants will be able to: (1) Gain in-depth understanding of performance models and material properties; (2) Be familiar with the TxME interfaces, functions, and features; (3) Examine the influence of climate, traffic, pavement structure, and material property; (4) Use the TxME to conduct flexible performance analysis and design for three types of flexible pavements: thin surface, conventional, and perpetual pavement; and (5) Connect the TxME with the current Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) flexible pavement design system (FPS 21) and select best design option.

• Record URL:
  https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/5-6622-01-P2.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/catalogid=36767
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59101
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office
  125 E 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hu, Sheng
  • Zhou, Fujie
  • Scullion, Tom
• Publication Date: 2019-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 32p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer program documentation; Education and training; Flexible pavements; Handbooks; Mechanistic-empirical pavement design; Pavement performance; Software
• Identifier Terms: Texas Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Design; Education and Training; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01698930
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 5-6622-01-P2
• Contract Numbers: 5-6622-01
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 18 2019 9:55AM