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Title: IMPROVEMENTS IN HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT IN GREECE
Accession Number: 00810842
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The main features of a computerized system to provide decision support to the agencies involved in highway maintenance management in Greece are presented. Development of the system focuses initially on pavement management, with other highway elements (e.g., side slopes, bridges) to be considered at a later stage. The system includes a database and modules for pavement performance prediction, resource allocation, and project management. In addition, a user interface system with appropriately designed input/output forms and geographic information system data representation improves applicability. The major pavement defects are cracking (mostly alligator type, longitudinal, and transverse), potholes, corrugations and rutting, bleeding, raveling, and polished aggregate, which results in high roughness and low skid resistance. These defects are represented in the system by four parameters: cracking index, index to the first cracking, roughness index, and skid resistance index. Further, a number of possible treatments have been identified and described in terms of materials, methods, machinery, and cost requirements. For each defect, all feasible treatments are considered, and the best maintenance strategy is produced considering relative costs, funding availability, and maintenance needs over time within the network.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00810814
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: THEODORAKOPOULOS, D DChassiakos, A PManariotis, I DPagination: p. 249-256
Publication Date: 2001
Conference:
Ninth Maintenance Management Conference
Location:
Juneau, Alaska ISBN: 0309067472
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures
(3)
; References
(20)
; Tables
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TRT Terms:
Bleeding (Pavements); Corrugations (Defects); Costs; Decision support systems; Geographic information systems; Highway maintenance; Maintenance equipment; Maintenance management; Materials; Pavement cracking; Pavement maintenance; Pavement management systems; Pavement performance; Polished aggregates; Potholes; Project management; Resource allocation; Rutting; Stripping (Pavements); User interfaces (Computer science)
Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Apr 27 2001 12:00AM
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