User’s Guide for TxCRCP-ME Design Software Volumes I and II

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• Creators:
  Ha, Soojun ; Yeon, Jungheum ; Won, Moon C. ; Jung, Youn Su ; Zollinger, Dan G.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Tech University, Lubbock. Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Transportation
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Computer Program Documentation Data Collection Manuals Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design Pavement Design Pavement Distress Reinforced Concrete Pavements Software
• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Tech University. Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Transportation
• Abstract:
  Volume I, the user's manual, is organized to help users get accustomed to the operation modules of TxCRCP-ME, the structural design software for continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP). An elaborate three-dimensional finite element analysis was conducted to identify the mechanisms of punchout distress in CRCP, and the critical component that may cause the punchout distress was mechanistically evaluated. A full factorial parametric study was performed for significant input variables to compile the database of the analysis results. A program was written using the 2007 version of Microsoft Excel to perform the analysis of the pavement system for given inputs in estimating the frequency of punchouts, the primary structural distress in CRCP. The conversion from mechanistic structural responses to pavement distress is achieved by a transfer function determined empirically, utilizing data collected from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) rigid pavement database project. The final results of the software are presented in the form of charts and tables. Volume II, the software architecture, provides more detailed information on how the program was assembled.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:55b21d232aeaf0def469a8652a2fe51ce43ea31e71768b1ffe34c4b12e62c6f06ca3ec8b7063fd77db725a21e5dca03fca03d0aecdbc66f97ad5299810fb1b07
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/86693/dot_86693_DS1.pdf
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