ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAY PAVEMENT SYSTEMS

A MODEL IS PRESENTED FOR DESCRIBING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ENGINEERED FACILITY FROM THE USER'S POINT OF VIEW. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT PERFORMANCE MAY BE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF SERVICEABILITY, RELIABILITY, AND MAINTAINABILITY. SERVICE- ABILITY IS THE QUALITY OF PROVIDING SATISFACTORY SERVICE TO THE USER, AND IS EVALUATED THROUGH APPLICATIONS OF UTILITY THEORY. RELIABILITY IS THE PROBABILITY THAT ADEQUATE SERVICEABILITY WILL BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY'S DESIGN LIFE, AND MAY BE PREDICTED BY USE OF A SEMI-MARKOV PROCESS APPROACH. MAINTAINABILITY IS A MEASURE OF THE EFFORT REQUIRED DURING A FACILITY'S SERVICE LIFE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE SERVICEABILITY; A BAYSIAN STATISTICAL APPROACH MAY BE USEFUL. METHODS FOR ANALYSIS ARE SUGGESTED AND APPLIED TO EXISTING DATA TO SHOW HOW THE MODEL MAY BE USED IN PRACTICE TO YIELD ENGINEERED FACILITIES HAVING FOOD PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS. THE MODEL AND ITS USE ARE VIEWED IN A PERSPECTIVE OF THE GOALS OF THE LARGER SYSTEM OF WHICH THE ENGINEERED FACILITY IS A PART. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • ProfessionaL PAPER P 69-12, 22 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Lemer, A C
  • Moavenzadeh, F
• Publication Date: 1969-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Mathematical models; Pavement performance; Pavements; Reliability; Serviceability
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway pavement
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207065
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 19 1970 12:00AM