Enhancing Texas Mechanistic-Empirical Flexible Pavement Design System (TxME) Practice: Develop Enhanced Mix Aging Model and District-Level Calibration Guidance

The research team will update the Flexible Pavement Design System (FPS) to FPS23, integrating the Texas Mechanistic-Empirical Flexible Pavement Design System (TxME) to enable Districts to compare long-term performance with the Mechanistic-Empirical (ME) design process. The research team will (a) review protocols that accelerate laboratory mix aging process, (b) evaluate test methods that are more accessible to Districts, (c) develop a mix aging model, (d) identify key parameters to input into TxME, (e) conduct comparisons between FPS and TxME designs, and (f) support Districts by providing calibration methods, factors, or means for straightforward determination of parameters representative of local materials, mix designs and traffic conditions.

Language

  • English

Project

  • Status: Active
  • Funding: $580000
  • Contract Numbers:

    0-7216

  • Sponsor Organizations:

    Texas Department of Transportation

    125 E. 11th Street
    Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483
  • Project Managers:

    Jensen, Darrin

  • Performing Organizations:

    University of Texas at El Paso

    El Paso, TX  United States 
  • Principal Investigators:

    Abdallah, Imad

  • Start Date: 20240901
  • Expected Completion Date: 20270831
  • Actual Completion Date: 0

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01932646
  • Record Type: Research project
  • Source Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
  • Contract Numbers: 0-7216
  • Files: RIP, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Oct 3 2024 10:09AM