With the continuing interest in performance-related specifications and the development of software packages to compute the appropriate level of payment associated with variable levels of quality, there is a need for a simple, easily understood method to validate the output of these computer programs. A standard validation procedure is to create realistic hypothetical cases that can be calculated readily by hand and then to compare the results with the output of the procedure under test. An equation is derived that can serve two extremely useful purposes: it can be used as a validation tool for software currently under development, or it can be used directly to establish pay schedules that award payment appropriate for the level of quality received.
Derivation of Equation for Cost of Premature Pavement Failure
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 1761 , 1 ; 93-96
2001-01-01
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
How to Halt Premature Pavement Failure
British Library Online Contents | 1996
|Subsurface Drainage and Premature Distresses in Concrete Pavement
Transportation Research Record | 2007
|Premature Asphalt Concrete Pavement Distress Caused by Moisture- Induced Damage
Online Contents | 1993
|Derivation of Transition Probability Matrices for Pavement Deterioration Modeling
Online Contents | 2006
|