Implementing the AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (Phase II)

MassDOT is striving to improve its highway infrastructure's resiliency to climate change, environmental impacts, and traffic loading by implementing new technologies that can provide valuable return on investment. These improvements should begin with the pavement design process which currently utilizes antiquated empirical design methods from the 1960's. AASHTO's new Mechanistic-Empirical (M-E design) pavement design method is currently used or being evaluated by at least 33 state agencies and would be a significant improvement in design. AASHTO ME design predicts pavement distresses utilizing prediction models that were developed and nationally calibrated using in-service pavements. To accurately predict the design performance in Massachusetts, these models need to be calibrated according to Massachusetts local conditions. Due to the complexity of the research problem, a multi-phase (four phase) approach over several years was suggested. The objectives for this second phase are: (1) Develop an AASHTOWare® Pavement M-E user manual & local experimental plan and sampling template. (2) Continue initial testing of already sampled mixtures to accelerate future phases of this research.

• Record URL:
  https://www.mass.gov/doc/implementing-the-aashto-mechanistic-empirical-pavement-design-guide-phase-ii/download

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $200,630
• Contract Numbers:

  114775

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

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

  Massachusetts Department of Transportation

  10 Park Plaza
  Boston, MA  United States  02116
• Principal Investigators:

  Mogawer, Walaa

• Start Date: 20210701
• Expected Completion Date: 20220930
• Actual Completion Date: 20220930

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calibration; Handbooks; Mechanistic-empirical pavement design; Pavement distress; Plan implementation
• Identifier Terms: Massachusetts Department of Transportation; Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01782068
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 114775
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 22 2021 11:41AM