Local calibration of the MEPDG for New Hampshire.

Details

• Creators:
  Daniel, Jo Sias ; Lowe, Justin ; Steele, Matthew
• Corporate Creators:
  University of New Hampshire. Dept. of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Mechanistic-empirical pavement design
  • Calibration
  • Flexible pavements
  • Pavement distress
  • Pavement performance
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-NH-RD-14282S
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New Hampshire
• Corporate Publisher:
  New Hampshire. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Materials and Research
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes the UNH results of a study to calibrate the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement ; Design Guide (MEPDG) model for sites and conditions within New Hampshire. ; MEPDG adds mechanistic understanding of material properties into methods for the design of ; flexible pavements which has traditionally used an empirical method that correlates designs with ; observed performance. MEPDG is part of the AASTHO 2002 Design Guide and includes over 135 ; potential inputs for flexible pavements (e.g. climate conditions and traffic loading). The inputs allow the ; model to be calibrated so that the predicted pavement performance (distress) can resemble what is ; observed in field application. ; The pavement section evaluation indicated that it will exceed the distress performance units set by ; the NHDOT.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  14282S, A000(864)
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29111/dot_29111_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:efcbf6ba141d169f94542651bc87f8ef0cc28a0a9680b388224011d44e55f8be