CALCULATION OF AGGREGATE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDICES FROM DAMAGE DATA USING FACTOR ANALYSIS

Aggregate pavement condition indices are used by many agencies in the United States and abroad to select maintenance strategies and program network rehabilitation strategies. These indices are usually calculated as weighted sums of several individual damage measurements such as length of transverse cracks, rut depth, and roughness. Existing approaches to condition index calibration are reviewed and a statistical procedure for developing pavement condition indices from distress measurements using factor analysis is described. This method is used to reestimate a condition index from the data collected in the AASHO Road Test for calibration of the present serviceability index (PSI). The new index is compared with the PSI.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1311, Pavement Management: Data Collection, Analysis, and Storage 1991. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Ramaswamy, Rohit
  • McNeil, Sue
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 214-222
• Monograph Title: Pavement management: data collection, analysis, and storage, 1991
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1311
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Defects; Evaluation; Factor analysis; Measurement; Pavement distress; Pavements; Serviceability
• Identifier Terms: AASHO Road Test
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement conditions; Serviceability Index
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00621646
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309051509
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 30 1992 12:00AM