Investigation of the Relationship between Fuel Consumption, Dynamic Load, and Roughness of Pavement Preservation Treatments

Understanding the costs of highway construction, highway maintenance and vehicle operation is essential to sound planning and management of highway investments, especially under increasing infrastructure demands and declining budget resources. Pavement preservation has recently gained wide acceptance amongst the highway agencies because of its cost-effectiveness and ability to enhance pavement performance and reduce environmental impacts. However, these benefits are not well quantified. Reduction in vehicle fuel consumption is one of the main benefits considered in technical and economic evaluations of road improvements considering its significance. Analysis of the effects of pavement rolling resistance on vehicle fuel economy and emissions needs to consider the total system of the pavement, road geometry, vehicles and their operation, and climate. The pavement characteristics influencing rolling resistance and vehicle fuel economy are roughness, texture, and structural response. This project investigates the increase in vehicle energy consumption due to pavement structural response caused by the increase in roughness induced dynamic loading.

• Record URL:
  http://www.chpp.egr.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/UTC-Project-Information-Form_MSU-2.pdf
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Language

• English

Project

• Funding: $74602
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC44

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Michigan State University - Center for Pavement Preservation

  2857 Jolly Road
  Okemos, Michigan  United States  48864
• Principal Investigators:

  Zaabar, Imen

  Chatti, Karim

• Start Date: 20180310
• Expected Completion Date: 20180310
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamic loads; Fuel consumption; Pavement maintenance; Rolling resistance; Roughness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01662482
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Pavement Preservation
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC44
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Mar 11 2018 11:20AM