RATIONAL METHOD FOR SELECTING MAINTENANCE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES ON THE BASIS OF DISTRESS, STRUCTURAL CAPACITY AND ROUGHNESS

Primary concerns of a pavement maintenance management system (PMMS) include determining the kind of treatment appropriate to periodic maintenance and classifying sections by priority order. A rational method is presented for selecting maintenance treatment solutions based on (a) pavement performance as exhibited by indexes of visual distress rating by the Washington survey method; (b) structural capacity evaluated by nondestructive testing using a falling weight deflectometer; and (c) roughness determined by the present serviceability rating. Unlike PMMS applied in some parts of the world, this system refers individually and quantitatively to each index separately, considering its engineering significance and allowing calculation of the necessary structural strengthening. The method is based on the classification of road network sections by a decision tree. At each intersection, classification is performed per index suitable to the criteria under consideration. After the sections are classified, each section is assigned its appropriate treatment out of a treatment inventory available at the maintenance department. Determination of the treatments' economic feasibility and order of priority is based on the net present value and the internal rate of return of cost flows of periodic and routine maintenance and vehicle operation costs.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1992/1344/1344-012.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=RATIONAL+METHOD+FOR+SELECTING+MAINTENANCE+TREATMENT+ALTERNATIVES+ON+THE+BASIS+OF+DISTRESS%2C+STRUCTURAL+CAPACITY+AND+ROUGHNESS&author=G.+Zoltan&author=A.+Sidess&author=H.+Bonjack&publication_year=1992
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309052114
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1344, Pavement Management and Performance. 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:
  • Zoltan, Gabriel
  • Sidess, Arieh
  • Bonjack, Haim
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 91-98
• Monograph Title: Pavement management and performance
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1344
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Defects; Falling weight deflectometers; Maintenance management; Motor vehicles; Nondestructive tests; Operating costs; Pavement distress; Pavement management systems; Pavements; Present value; Rate of return; Ratings; Roughness; Serviceability; Strategic planning; Structural analysis; Surveying
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs; Serviceability Index; Visual surveys
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00625312
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309052114
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 6 1993 12:00AM