Validation of Software Developed for Determining Design Modulus from Seismic Testing

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• Creators:
  Abdallah, Imad N. ; Yuan, Deren ; Nazarian, Soheil
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at El Paso. Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Falling weight deflectometers
  • Seismicity
  • Pavement maintenance
  • Nondestructive tests
  • Validation
  • Software
  • Modulus
  • Water table
  • Seismic Pavement Analyzer
• Publication/ Report Number:
  TX- 01 1780-5
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at El Paso. Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems
• Abstract:
  The major outcome of this study is an algorithm for predicting the design modulus of each layer given the seismic modulus and the nonlinear parameters of each pavement layer. The algorithm developed has been incorporated in a software package called SMART (Seismic Modulus Analysis and Reduction Tool). In this report the results from the validation program carried out are addressed. More than a dozen sites were visited. The results from this validation indicate that the program is capable of providing reasonable values to design engineers. The procedure is particularly attractive in the situations where pavement layers are thin, depth to bedrock is shallow or when the water table is close to the pavement surface.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-1780
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82958/dot_82958_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 48.83 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:87980b24c6c693fa80b4af181d069efe0a2bc52cbd86ac5000a9067c976cd42dbc713e5396e064ea2ba40fe029b214f862e155f77ad4f8f3a648f423887c82b9