Texas Mechanistic-Empirical Flexible Pavement Design and Analysis System (TxME) Instructor Guide

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Field Implementation of the Texas Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Process in Six TxDOT Districts Project Title
• Creators:
  Hu, Sheng ; Zhou, Fujie ; Scullion, Tom
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Analysis
  • Curricula
  • Education and training
  • Flexible pavements
  • Mechanistic-empirical pavement design
  • Pavement performance
  • Software
• Publication/ Report Number:
  5-6622-01-P1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The Texas Mechanistic-Empirical Flexible Pavement Design and Analysis System (TxME) course is a half day course intended to provide advanced, in-depth, hands-on understanding of a new flexible pavement design and performance analysis system. The course is designed to cover: Mechanistic-Empirical design concept, Full view of TxME, Features of TxME, Basic pavement performance models, Key input parameters, Pavement design and analysis processes, and TxME outputs. This course is designed to help Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) pavement engineers to routinely design long lasting while economical flexible pavements. This instructor's guide includes: course organization and logistics, agenda, and course modules.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  5-6622-01
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/59049/dot_59049_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.37 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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