Inclusion of LCCA in Alaska flexible pavement design software manual.

Details

• Creators:
  Lee, Ming ; McHattie, Bob ; Liu, Juanyu
• Corporate Creators:
  Alaska University Transportation Center ; Alaska. Department of Transportation. Research, Development, and Technology Transfer
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Flexible pavements
  • Pavement design
  • Computer program documentation
  • Software
  • Life cycle costing
  • Life cycle analysis
  • Case studies
  • User interfaces (Computer science)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  INE/AUTC 12.20;FHWA-AK-RD-13-07
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska
• Corporate Publisher:
  Alaska. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities ; Alaska University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  Life cycle cost analysis is a key part for selecting materials and techniques that optimize the service life of a pavement in terms of cost and performance. While the Alaska ; Flexible Pavement Design software has been in use since 2004, there is no computerized analysis tool available to assist pavement engineers in developing this cost ; analysis for a given project. Including LCCA in the AKFPD software would be of immense benefit to pavement designers, allowing them to routinely improve ; infrastructure performance while making more cost-effective use of the design effort. This study seeks to update the current AKFPD program and create a single software ; package capable of executing the economic cost analysis and structural analysis functions. Upon completion, the project will provide the updated software, a modified ; AKFPD manual, and case studies with complete analysis processes to help the new user navigate the software. In the past year, the project team developed a new layout ; for the program. It also added new modules, including “equivalent single axle loads calculation” and “LCCA analysis,” and designed more user-friendly interfaces for two ; other modules, “Mechanistic Pavement Design” and “Excess Fines Design.”
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  AUTC #309023;DTRT06-G-0011;T2-09-09
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26944/dot_26944_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.92 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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