The release of the Mechanistic–Empirical Design Guide for New and Rehabilitated Pavement Structures (M-E design guide) generated a new paradigm for designing and analyzing pavement structures. It is expected to replace the commonly used empirical design methodologies. The M-E design guide uses a comprehensive suite of input parameters deemed necessary to design pavements with high reliability and to predict pavement performance and distresses realistically. However, the considerable amount of input needed and the selection of the corresponding reliability level for each might present state highway agencies with complexities and challenges in its implementation. An overview is presented of ongoing investigative studies, sensitivity analyses, and preimplementation initiatives conducted by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) in an effort to accelerate the adoption of the new pavement design guide by efficiently using existing design parameters and determining those parameters that influence the predicted performance the most. Once the sensitive inputs are identified, the large amount of other required design input parameters can be significantly reduced to a manageable level for implementation purposes. A matrix of trial runs conducted with the M-E design guide software suggests that a higher design level input does not necessarily guarantee a higher accuracy in predicting pavement performance. The software runs also confirmed the need to use input values obtained from local rather than national calibration. Such findings are important for state highway agencies such as INDOT in drafting initiatives for implementing the M-E design guide.


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    Titel :

    Implementation Initiatives of the Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Design Guides in Indiana


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Transportation Research Record


    Beteiligte:
    Nantung, Tommy (Autor:in) / Chehab, Ghassan (Autor:in) / Newbolds, Scott (Autor:in) / Galal, Khaled (Autor:in) / Li, Shuo (Autor:in) / Kim, Dae Hyeon (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005-01-01




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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