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Abstract:Pavement ME Design (previously MEPDG/DARWin-ME) is a significant advancement in pavement design, though requiring more inputs from various sources. Through efforts by the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) initiated a state pooled-fund study TPF-5(242) with nine participating agencies to expand the functions of the originally developed Prep-ME software program. The Prep-ME software produced from Phase II project is capable of preprocessing, importing, checking the quality of raw Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) traffic data, and generating three levels of traffic data inputs with built-in clustering analysis methods for Pavement ME Design. Most participating state DOTs plan to use Prep-ME software for the implementation and local calibration of Pavement ME Design. Although several face-to-face group meetings were held in Phase II, such training was targeted for a wide range of audience primarily on reporting of project progress and gaining feedback for future directions. This training may not be sufficient and effective to train state engineers on how to implement the Prep-ME software for their daily operation and usage. Therefore, hands-on training and continuing support is desired for the full implementation of Prep-ME software. Software training, testing and support of the Prep-ME software becomes the focus of this project, Phase III of TPF-5(242). This process ensures that defects in Prep-ME are recognized during Prep-ME implementation and that software enhancements are developed.
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