Impact of Flooding on the Resiliency of Pavement Systems

For many years, transportation agencies have dealt with the aftermath of flooding caused by major natural events, and the resilience of pavement systems subjected to such flooding is of great importance to them. Extreme conditions such as prolonged heat waves and severe flooding can speed up the deterioration of highway pavements. However, current practices mostly rely on general observations, and there is a need to develop specific strategies to help maintain pavement performance subjected to various extreme weather events. The objectives of this research are to: (1) Develop a guide for state departments of transportation (DOTs), local agencies, and practitioners to help quantify the effect of flooding on pavement systems, and improve pavement system resilience during planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance in flood-prone areas. (2) Develop a framework for state DOTs to incorporate analyses, material characterization, and other tools to consider the effects of flooding into mechanistic-empirical pavement design.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5306

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $649,987.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 01-62

• Sponsor Organizations:

  State Departments of Transportation (participating member states of American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO))

  American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Khosravifar, Sadaf

• Performing Organizations:

  Applied Pavement Technology, Inc.

  115 West Main Street, Suite 400
  Urbana, Illinois  United States  61801
• Principal Investigators:

  Ram, Prashant

• Start Date: 20240315
• Expected Completion Date: 20270314
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster resilience; Floods; Mechanistic-empirical pavement design; Pavement management systems; Pavement performance
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01847449
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 01-62
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 27 2022 11:44AM