Sample rigid pavement design tables based on version 0. Mar 30, 2004 the overall objective of the guide for the mechanisticempirical design of new and rehabilitated pavement structures referred to hereinafter as the design guide is to provide the highway community with a stateofthepractice tool for the design of new and rehabilitated pavement structures, based on mechanisticempirical principles. The design guide developed under national cooperative highway research program nchrp 7a project is a very complex pavement analysis tool, with many input factors which characterize materials, climate, traffic and construction. A number of traffic data collection scenarios are simulated with the use of.
Trends of pavement performance with reliability level were similar for both methodologies. Nchrp 1 37a design guide nchrp 1 37 development of the 2002 guide. Integration of the model into pavement me design has begun. Itd, aashto, and mepdg pavement design methods a comparison. These samples are used to create a matrix of design scenarios which were then be run through the nchrp 7a design software, to predict pavement performance. National cooperative highway research program nchrp. Implementation of the aashto mepdg in colorado jay goldbaum, p. Summary of findings and implementation plan mdsha project no. Peter stephanos director, office of material technology. The pavement performance models that predict pavement distresses such as fatigue cracking and rutting have been included in version 2.
Background national cooperative highway research program nchrp project 1 37a, the largest in the over 40year history of the program, was recently concluded with the successful delivery of a recommended mechanisticempirical pavement design guide to nchrp by the research team of eres consultants, its subcontractors arizona state university and fugro consultants lp, and numerous individual. Implementation of the nchrp 1 37a design guide final report volume 2. Nchrp project 152 for developing the methodology and software for topdown cracking was completed earlier this year. In 2004, nchrp 7a was completed and delivered a mechanisticempirical pavement design guide and accompanying software. Pdf mechanisticempirical pavement design guide mepdg. Calibration of nchrp 7a software for the washington state. The ara team has been in contact with the task force regarding the issues and their impact on the schedule. Nchrp 1 37a models proved to be more suitable for wsdot conditions. A significant amount of washington state department of transportation wsdot portland cement concrete pcc pavement that was placed in the 1960s is nearing the end of its serviceable life and must soon be rehabilitated or replaced. Unfortunately, this book cant be printed from the openbook. Aashtoware pavement me design december 2018 newsletter. The overall objective of nchrp project 7a is to develop and deliver the 2002 guide for design of new and rehabilitated pavement structures, based on mechanisticempirical principles, accompanied by the necessary computational software, for adoption and distribution by aashto. To improve the design and performance of roadway pavements, ara, in collaboration with our industry and university teaming partners, developed the mechanisticempirical pavement design guide mepdg methodology and software as part of national cooperative highway research program nchrp project 7a.
Chapter two mechanisticempirical pavement design guide and. Coordinate technical activities with other relevant nchrp and fhwa projects, including nchrp projects 1 37a, 916, 917, 918, and 920. The products developed under nchrp 7a have provided advancements in pavement design practices and work is continuing under nchrp, fhwa and various state agencies. Select 1 or 2 inservice projects from different districts that have. To improve the design and performance of roadway pavements, ara, in collaboration with our industry and university teaming partners, developed the mechanisticempirical pavement design guide mepdg methodology and software as part of national cooperative highway research program nchrp project 1 37a. Calibration of nchrp 7a software for the washington. This in part is due to the paucity of field data available for calibrating the empirical distress models for drainage effects. This study deals with the sensitivity of the nchrp 1 37a pavement design guide predictions to traffic data input. Apr 26, 2012 a global sensitivity analysis samples the entire input parameter space of selected input variables. Calibration of nchrp 7a software for the washington state department of transportation. It estimates the time available for compaction of hotmix asphalt hma during adverse weather conditions.
Pavecool is a software program developed cooperatively by the minnesota department of transportation and the university of minnesota. Nchrp 7 development of the 2002 guide for the design of. Pccp models for rehabilitation and reconstruction decisionmaking. The objectives of this study are 1 to compare flexible pavement designs and performance between the empirical 1993 aashto pavement design guide and the mechanisticempirical. Special edition of summary of progress through 1988. Analysis of critical structure responses for flexible pavements in nchrp 1 37a mechanisticempirical pavement design guide. Implementation of the nchrp 7a design guide final report volume 1. Aashto joint task force on pavements december 3 5, 2003 st. Information on all projects initiated under the nchrp from its inception in 1962 through 1988 is included in nchrp web document 7.
Nchrp 9 software lcreates required nchrp 7a data sets, for example the number of axles per truck by type of axle for each class of trucks seasonal factors from continuous classifier data twrg load distributions from load spectra. At this time the pavement performance can be investigated using nchrp 1 37a and vesys models. Implementation of the aashto mechanisticempirical pavement design guide and software documents the experience of transportation agencies in the implementation of the 2008 american association of state highway and transportation officials aashto mechanisticempirical pavement design guide. Nchrp 7a design guide nchrp 7 development of the 2002 guide. Traffic data required for each of the three hierarchical input levels. Discussion of nchrp 7a by panel members the jtf members who are also members of the 7a panel were asked to give their perspective on the guide. As stated in the nchrp 1 37a final report nchrp 1 37a, 2004. Introduction and research approach the national academies press. The results suggest that the default design criteria incorporated in the nchrp project 7a software are broadly consistent with what would be observed historically from pavements designed with the 1993 aashto guide. Analysis of critical structure responses for flexible. The guide includes procedures for the analysis and design of new. Sensitivity of nchrp 7a pavement design to traffic input. The current version of the nchrp 7a design software does not yet include the capability for directly modeling drainage influences. Nchrp s novel coronavirus disease covid19 response.
Sensitivity of the nchrp 7a pavement design guide, a global approach. Acknowledgment of sponsorship this work was sponsored by the american association of state highway and transportation officials, in cooperation with the federal highway administration, and was conducted in the national cooperative highway research program, which is administered by the transportation research board of the national research council. Linda pierce, washington dot the rigid design concrete portion of the design guide and software is solid, but the models will need to be calibrated locally. Three levels are provided in the nchrp 7a procedure. As stated in the nchrp 7a final report nchrp 7a, 2004. Following the direction of our parent organization the national academy of sciences, engineering, and medicine, the majority of our staff are working from home, until at least may 1. Trbs national cooperative highway research program nchrp synthesis 457. Nchrp 7 development of the 2002 guide for the design.
Before implementing the mechanistic empirical pavement design guide mepdg software from the nchrp 7a project, caltrans has adopted a threestep process for evaluating it including. Implementation of the nchrp 1 37a design guide final report volume 1. Appendix d nhi05037 federal highway administration. Information about projects initiated subsequent to 1988 is available below. Ncat report 14 04 flexible pavement design state of the practice. The software was freely available, though considered a beta. Classification of wim data as level 1 through 3 is based on the specific location at which data are collected e. If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a pdf. The calibrated faulting and roughness models are able to present the typical performance of wsdot pcc pavements. Further improvements to the mepdg were made as part of nchrp 1. Such a comparison has been made against the national cooperative highway research programnchrp project 7a mechanisticempirical approach for a variety of locations with different climate.
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