A Tool for Estimating Impact of Construction Quality on Life Cycle Performance of Pavements

Almost every constructed road develops distresses randomly in different subsections of the pavement. One reason for the random development of distress is the variability in construction quality. As such the goal in this project is to devise a tool that can be used to identify and minimize variability in material properties that impact the performance of the pavement to ensure a performance period compatible with the expected life of the pavement. With that framework, structural models that predict performance of pavements and material models that relate construction parameters to primary design parameters were identified. Finally, a statistical algorithm that relates the impact of each construction parameter to the performance of a pavement is incorporated into the algorithm. The implementation of an effective performance-based construction quality management requires a tool for determining impacts of construction quality on the life-cycle performance of pavements. This report presents the final efforts in the development of a statistical-based algorithm that reconciles the results from several pavement performance models used in the state of practice with systematic process control techniques. Guidelines for the short- and long-term implementation of this methodology are included in this report.

• Record URL:
  http://ctis.utep.edu/Reports/0-4046-4.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31910
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research Study Title: Impacts of Construction Quality on Life Cycle Performance of Pavements Using Mechanistic Analysis.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, El Paso

  Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems
  500 W University Avenue
  El Paso, TX  United States  79968-0516

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Abdallah, Imad
  • Nazarian, Soheil
• Publication Date: 2005-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 134p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Pavement performance; Properties of materials; Quality of work; Road construction; Service life; Structural models
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction parameters; Construction variability; Material models
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01632231
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX 05/0-4046-4, Research Report 0-4046-4
• Contract Numbers: Project No. 0-4046
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 10 2017 1:07PM