COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS
MANY VARIABLES WITHIN THE BROAD CATEGORIES OF LOADS, ENVIRONMENTS, MATERIAL PROPERTIES, STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE, PROGRESSIVE FAILURE, ECONOMICS, ETC. MUST BE CONSIDERED IN AN IDEAL DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS. THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM DEMANDS THAT A PROCEDURE BE EVOLVED FOR ANALYZING VARIOUS PARTS AND ASSEMBLING THEM IN A COORDINATED EFFORT CALLED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS. A CONCEPTUAL RIGID PAVEMENT SYSTEM IS PRESENTED THAT FORMALIZES THE MYRIAD OF INTERRELATED VARIABLES INTO A SERIES OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS. THE PROGRAM UTILIZES OVER 100 INPUT VARIABLES AND ANALYZES NUMEROUS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS GENERATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES DEFINED BY THE CONSTRAINTS. THE OUTPUT IS A SET OF PAVEMENT DESIGN STRATEGIES BASED ON PRESENT WORTH OF OVERALL COSTS. DETAILS WITH RESPECT TO SELECTION OF THICKNESS, MATERIALS, REINFORCEMENT, AND JOINTS, AS WELL AS OVERLAY PATTERNS AND PREDICTED LIFE, ARE PRESENTED FOR EACH DESIGN. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Kher, Ramesh K
- Hudson, W Ronald
- McCullough, B Frank
- Publication Date: 1971
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 9-20
- Monograph Title: Pavement systems
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 362
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computer programs; Costs; Mathematical models; Pavement design; Rigid pavements; Systems analysis
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cost data
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00207389
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM