Reformulated pavement remaining service life framework / Gary E. Elkins [and four others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Elkins, Gary Eugene, author.

AMEC (Firm), author.

Contributor:

AMEC (Firm), author.

Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, issuing body.

United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Infrastructure Research and Development, sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pavements--Testing.

Pavements.

Pavements--Performance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([84] pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

McLean, VA : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 2013.

Summary:

Many important decisions are necessary in order to effectively provide and manage a pavement network. At the heart of this process is the prediction of needed future construction events. One approach to providing a single numeric on the condition of a pavement network is the use of pavement remaining service life (RSL). However, many issues exist with the current RSL terminology and resulting numeric that complicate proper interpretation, interagency data exchange, and use. A major source of uncertainty in the current RSL definition is the use of the term "life" to represent multiple points in the pavement construction history. The recommended path to consistency involves adopting terminology of time remaining until a defined construction treatment is required (i.e., RSL is replaced by remaining service interval (RSI)). The term "RSI" has the ability to unify the outcome of different approaches to determine needs by focusing on when and what treatments are needed and the service interruption created. This report presents the framework for replacing the current RSL terminology with one based on more exact construction event terms. A companion document (FHWA-HRT-13-050) provides step-by-step guidelines for implementing the RSI terminology.

Contents:

Executive summary

Introduction

Refocus of pavement remaining life vocabulary

Future construction needs analysis framework

Construction triggers

Threshold limits

Performance curves

Collection of inputs

Strategy selection

Assessment and update

Summary

Appendix A: Pavement design and management concepts

Appendix B: Pavement RSL prediction models

References

Bibliography.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 15, 2014).

"November 2013."

"Performing organization, AMEC Environment and Infrastructure, Inc."--Technical report documentation page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-72).

"Publication No. FHWA-HRT-13-038."

"HRDI-20/11-13(500)E"--Page [84].

Other Format:

Print version: Elkins, Gary E. Reformulated pavement remaining service life framework

OCLC:

868155376