North Dakota implementation of mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide (MEPDG).

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• Creators:
  Lu, Pan ; Bratlien, Andrew ; Tolliver, Denver
• Corporate Creators:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Mechanistic-empirical pavement design
  • Implementation
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Software
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MPC 14-274
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  North Dakota
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mountain-Plains Consortium
• Abstract:
  North Dakota currently designs roads based on the AASHTO Design Guide procedure, which is based on ; the empirical findings of the AASHTO Road Test of the late 1950s. However, limitations of the current ; empirical approach have prompted AASHTO to move toward the new mechanistically based pavement ; design procedure described in the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG), which was ; released to the public for review in 2004 under NCHRP Project 1-37A. MEPDG combines mechanistic ; and empirical methodology and provides more realistic characterization of in-service pavements. Its ; mechanistic approach is both more thorough and more computationally complex than the existing ; AASHTO design method, and as a result the method can require an extensive number of detailed ; material, foundational, traffic, and environmental inputs. This and other factors can present a challenge to ; agencies wishing to implement the new method. ; Because AASHTO has adopted the MEPDG and highway agencies across the nation are moving towards ; its implementation, it is critical that North Dakota becomes familiar with the MEPDG documentation and ; software and identify input data requirements for design. This report summarizes the findings of MEPDG ; implementation in North Dakota, identifies input data needs and research steps of the MEPDG ; implementation in the state and also prepares North Dakota for successful implementation of the MEPDG ; statewide.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28527/dot_28527_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.90 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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