Investigation on Pavement ME Design Reflective Cracking, Faulting, IRI Prediction Models, Concrete Overlays Design Tool, and Performance Threshold Levels for Iowa Pavement Systems
The primary objectives of this research are (1) to investigate reflective cracking predictive models for Iowa highway pavements by evaluating and calibrating the recently integrated mechanistic-based reflective cracking model in Pavement ME Design and (2) to establish and recommend Iowa pavement performance threshold levels. An Iowa reflective cracking performance database will be developed and prepared by using the Iowa DOT Pavement Management Information System (PMIS) and other available resources (i.e., distress images, material testing records, previous project reports relevant to Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) implementation in Iowa, etc.) By using the prepared Iowa reflective cracking performance database, the reflective cracking predictive models in Pavement ME Design will be calibrated for Iowa conditions by identifying and evaluating various optimization approaches. This will also necessitate local calibration of Pavement ME Design composite pavement International Roughness Index (IRI) prediction model coefficients. The pavement performance threshold levels for Iowa highway pavement systems will be identified and recommended to the Iowa DOT by executing a comprehensive literature review, survey/interview of SHAs pavement engineers across the nation, and historical performance analysis of representative Iowa pavement sections.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $250000
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Contract Numbers:
Add 666
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Sponsor Organizations:
Iowa Department of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA United States 50010 -
Managing Organizations:
Center for Transportation Research and Education
2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
Ames, IA United States 50010-8664 -
Project Managers:
Worrel, Brian
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Principal Investigators:
Ceylan, Halil
- Start Date: 20180801
- Expected Completion Date: 20210131
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Mechanistic-empirical pavement design; Pavement management systems; Pavement performance; Reflection cracking
- Identifier Terms: International Roughness Index; Iowa Department of Transportation
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01682033
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: Add 666
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Sep 26 2018 2:50PM