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Alternative Title:
Research project capsule;12-1PF;
Creators:
Wang, Kelvin C.P.
Corporate Contributors:
Louisiana Transportation Research Center
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Computer Aided Design Data Processing Mechanistic Design Pavement Design Traffic Data
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
Louisiana
Corporate Publisher:
Louisiana Transportation Research Center
Abstract:
"The Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) and the

subsequent AASHTO product DARWin-ME are signifi cant advancements in

pavement design. However, they are substantially more complex than the

1993 AASHTO Guide, which is currently used in many states. The new systems

require signifi cantly more inputs from designers. Among them are many

parameters with which today’s pavement designers are not familiar. In addition,

MEPDG/DARWin-ME provides methodologies for the analysis and performance

prediction of diff erent types of fl exible and rigid pavements for specifi c climatic

and traffi c conditions. However, the models were developed using available

Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) national wide data sets. These models

require local calibration before MEPDG can be used by highway agencies

effi ciently. Therefore, many data sets need to be pre-processed before their use

for MEPDG/DARWin-ME. This process needs to be automated and assisted with

software."


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PDF
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:fc3cf3483c144f4bf312d5614b63d10e6f8b5ebd8d5ffa1670416871d8b214e1
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23653/dot_23653_DS1.pdf
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