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Title:

Developing a Methodology to Calibrate Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide Procedures for Rigid Pavement Design in Argentina

Accession Number:

01128614

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper presents a methodology developed to adjust and calibrate the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) distress models to local conditions in Argentina, to be used in rigid pavement structural design. A wide range of climatic conditions was covered by selecting test sections of rigid pavements located in different regions of the country. Local road agencies provided information about pavements structure, and traffic volume and load spectra. Field distress data and IRI was collected during the study, and the data was processed using MEPDG software. Finally, calibration factors were determined for the different distress models of rigid pavements. The results show that climatic conditions in Argentina seem to be very influential on the values obtained for calibration factors.

Monograph Accession #:

01120148

Report/Paper Numbers:

09-0761

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Bustos, Marcelo Gaston
Cordo, Oscar Victor
Girardi Mancini, Pablo
Pereyra, Miguel Oscar

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2009

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures; References (7) ; Tables (4)

Geographic Terms:

Argentina

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-0761

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 30 2009 5:00PM