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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Pavement Conditions"”.
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Managing pavement in a busy urban highway network
… specifically relating to the problem of pavement management. The first model characterizes over some medium-range planning horizon changes in peak-period traffic volumes, pavement conditions, vehicle miles traveled, and volatile organic compounds emissions. When used in optimal control …
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Sensitivity of MEPDG Using Advanced Statistical Analyses
Recently, pavement design has changed from old method based on empirical relation to a new method called Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). It is essential to perform a detailed sensitivity analysis of MEPDG outputs to input variables. In particular, MEPDG inputs need to be …
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Alternative methods for pavement network rehabilitation management
… about the consequences of adopting different pavement rehabilitation budgets and policies. To answer these questions, they need information about future rehabilitation needs and pavement conditions for different funding levels and rehabilitation strategies. The Illinois pavement net work …
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An embedded IoT antenna for smart pavement monitoring system
… the study of an embedded antenna used in a smart pavement monitoring system which has been introduced to monitor pavement conditions and make plans for road rehabilitation. In order to overcome the drawbacks of traditional patch antennas used in road pavement, a ground plane serration technique …
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Pavement management analysis of Hamilton County using HDM-4 and HPMA
… HDM-4 and HPMA are used to assess the existing pavement conditions and predict future conditions; estimate fuel consumption; calculate road agency costs and user costs; determine cost-effective maintenance treatment; and suggest optimum utilization of funds. From this study, fuel consumption is …
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Impact of budget uncertainty on network-level pavement condition : a robust optimization approach
… agencies usually face budget uncertainty for pavement maintenance and rehabilitation activities due to limitation in resources and changes in government policies. Highway agencies perform maintenance planning for the pavement network commonly based on the nominal available budget without …
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Pavement Resilience Assessment Using Pavement Condition Data Before and After Hurricane Harvey
… assessing the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the pavements in the Houston area using historical pavement management system data and statistical and machine learning models. Taking Hurricane Harvey into consideration, pre- and post- Harvey pavement conditions were compared, and statistical and …
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A comprehensive optimization methodology for strategic environmental sensor station locations
… spatiotemporal variations of weather and/or road pavement conditions in real time. Due to the lack of a detailed, unified guideline and diverse weather conditions across the United States, state and city transportation agencies follow different practices for choosing locations for environmental …
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Infrastructure Condition Assessment and Prediction under Variable Traffic Demand and Management Scenarios
… distributions, which in turn affect the level of pavement deterioration due to traffic loading. To address this issue, this dissertation introduces an integrated simulation-optimization framework that accounts for the combined effects of pavement conditions and traffic management decision-making …
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Performance Based Road Asset Management System, with a case study: Abu Dhabi
… In addition, unavailability of accurate pavement condition prediction models to understand and predict pavement performance results in a higher risk to the contractor in PBC. This thesis identifies the main problems and challenges for successfully adopting PBC are discussed and analyzed. …
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Y-cracking in continuously reinforced concrete pavements
… direction based on design and construction conditions. The finite element model of CRCP using typical Oklahoma CRCP pavement conditions and design was assembled. The model included the concrete pavement, asphalt concrete subbase, and soil subgrade. The effect of areas of changed friction on …
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Field Evaluation of the Eco-Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control in the Vicinity of Signalized Intersections
… Road facility during daylight hours for dry pavement conditions. The controlled field experiment included four different scenarios: normal driving, driving with red indication countdown information provided to drivers, driving with recommended speed information computed by the Eco-CACC system …