Probabilistic Design Concepts Applied to Flexible Pavement System Design

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• Creators:
  Darter, Michael I. ; Hudson, W. Ronald
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University ; University of Texas at Austin. Center for Highway Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Highway Department ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Flexible pavements
  • Pavement design
  • Probability
  • Stochastic processes
  • Reliability
  • Pavement management systems
  • Overlays (Pavements)
  • variability
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CFHR 1-8-69-123-18
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Interim May 1972 - May 1973
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University ; University of Texas at Austin. Center for Highway Research
• Abstract:
  A major problem in pavement design has been the inherent uncertainty and variation of the design parameters and models. Empirical safety factors and judgement factors have been applied to "adjust" for the uncertainties involved, but the result has been much overdesign and under-design. A method was needed which would consider the variations and uncertainties of pavement design quantitatively and make it possible to design for a specific level of reliability. As a basic start in the solution of the problem, a theory and procedures were developed, based on classical reliability theory, to apply probabilistic design concepts to flexible pavement system design.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  1-8-69-123
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/81829/dot_81829_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.10 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9ddf15a9df65839a9c1715db26a1a6bdd1733269ca3ed971f1aa0831c7edb364758997bb690bec4f17b927c3c8f3a35d9f51732ebb6085155f716ffcb2161b05