Material properties to minimize distress in zero-maintenance pavements. Volume 2: Parameter study
Abstract
This second volume provides a summary of a detailed study to: (1) identify distresses that cause significant loss of serviceability and/or maintenance in pavements; (2) identify material properties that significantly influence the occurrence of distress; (3) select the best theoretical or empirical models for predicting distress using material properties and other engineering parameters; and (4) utilize the selected models to study the effects of the significant distresses and to optimize material properties for zero maintenance pavements. The emphasis of this second volume was a discussion of the results of a parameter study with selected models using a range of material properties available in conventional and nonconventional pavement materials. The effects of varying these material properties on various distresses were evaluated and the tradeoffs required were discussed.
- Publication:
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Final Report Austin Research Engineers
- Pub Date:
- March 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981arei.rept.....R
- Keywords:
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- Asphalt;
- Concretes;
- Maintenance;
- Mathematical Models;
- Mechanical Properties;
- Pavements;
- Research;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Highways;
- Maintainability;
- Reliability;
- Roads;
- Engineering (General)