Development of Decision Trees for the Selection of Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Activities in South-Central United States

The objective of this study is to develop systematic decision trees and/or decision matrices for Louisiana and other South-Central states in Region 6 to be used to select maintenance and rehabilitation treatments for asphalt pavements. This will help transportation agencies optimize and justify their maintenance and rehabilitation decisions. The developed decision trees and/or decision matrices would consider all the factors affecting treatment performance, including but not limited to, pavement age, pavement type (asphalt or composite), traffic level, and the maintenance history to ensure that an efficient cost-effective treatment is selected. Implementing the proposed decision-making tools in this study will assist DOTs in making consistent decisions for road-network treatment strategies, thus avoiding any human errors in the selection process. It is expected that the developed framework will help transportation agencies in South-Central U.S enhance their pavement asset management practices significantly and make more cost-effective decisions on pavement treatment selection.

• Record URL:
  https://transet.lsu.edu/research-in-progress/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • 20PLSU04

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $106975
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747106

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

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

  Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET)

  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70803
• Project Managers:

  Mousa, Momen

• Performing Organizations:

  Louisiana State University

  3660G Patrick F. Taylor Hall
  Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70803
• Principal Investigators:

  Mousa, Momen

• Start Date: 20200801
• Expected Completion Date: 20220201
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Decision trees; Pavement maintenance; Rehabilitation; Service life
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01757485
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747106
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 10 2020 3:07PM