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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Pavement management"”.
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Data modeling in a pavement management system
… is about the development of the data model of a pavement management system. This is an actual project implemented for the Public Works Department of Arlington, MA.
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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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Software development process : web-based pavement management systems as case study
… testing, maintenance, and project management. Over the past thirty years, different kinds of life cycle models have been developed by applying these phases to provide developers with the most appropriate procedures for projects of various types. In addition, a set of development …
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A.P.M.S. – Airport Pavement Management System – specificamente contestualizzato in aeroporti a traffico stagionale
The Pavement Management System is a useful tool for operators and managers providing a systematic and objective method for pavement condition evaluation, maintenance planning decisions and budget allocation. Also for Airports, it represents a support to improve the decision-making process allowing …
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Application of Markov process to pavement management systems at the network level
A probabilistic network level pavement management system (PMS) has been developed based on the Markov process. The system uses PCI method for pavement condition rating. The pavement performance prediction model has been developed based on the Markov process. Homogeneous and non-homogeneous Markov …
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Applying Pavement Life Cycle Assessment Results to Enhance Sustainable Pavement Management Decision Making
Sustainable pavement management implies maintaining acceptable condition of pavements while also considering the tradeoff between cost, environmental impacts and social impacts of pavement investments. Typical pavement management practices only consider economic considerations, and environmental …
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Material diversification in pavement management : a technique to proactively deal with an uncertain future
Pavement management systems are important tools that planning agencies depend upon for the effective maintenance of roadway systems. Although uncertainty is an inherent trait of these systems, the current approaches generally exclude its consideration from the analysis. Consequently, …
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Evolution of platform and user interface in infrastructure management system with case study of Arlington pavement management system
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.
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Enhancement of Network Level Macrotexture Measurement Practices through Deterioration Modeling and Comparison of Measurement Devices for Integration into Pavement Management Systems
… prediction of surface macrotexture for use in pavement management systems. This was achieved through two experiments, the first modeled the behavior of a binder-rich stone matrix asphalt when subjected to traffic loading using a heavy vehicle simulator to report the effect on pavement …
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Use of the Traffic Speed Deflectometer for Concrete and Composite Pavement Structural Health Assessment: A Big-Data-Based Approach Towards Concrete and Composite Pavement Management and Rehabilitation
The latest trends in highway pavement management aim at implementing a rational, data-driven procedure to allocate resources for pavement maintenance and rehabilitation. To this end, decision-making is based on network-wide surface condition and structural capacity data – preferably collected in a …
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A Pavement Structural Capacity Index for Use in Network-level Evaluation of Asphalt Pavements
… a structural index for use in network-level pavement evaluation, which facilitates the inclusion of the pavements structural condition in many pavement management applications. The primary goal of network-level pavement management is to maintain an acceptable condition of the pavements within …
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Evaluation of infrastructure monitoring systems using PDA and GPS technologies
… these technologies benefits the Arlington Pavement Management and Inspection System. A comprehensive pavement management system is the key to better reconstruction, rehabilitation and maintenance decision making. When properly designed and implemented, a pavement management system can be …
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Methodology to Validate Traffic Speed Deflection Devices (TSDDs) Measurements Using Laser Doppler Vibrometers (LDV) Sensors
Pavement structural evaluation is important for effective pavement management and design. Traffic Speed Deflection Devices (TSDDs) provide an efficient way to collect pavement structural condition data at the network-level. However, the integration of TSDD measurements into pavement management and …
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Development, evaluation and improvement of a long-range pavement rehabilitation program
… Further, a user-friendly, Windows based pavement management system, called Windows ILLINET, was produced in this study based on the new methodology and new concepts.
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Network-Level Structural Condition Data for Sustainable Pavement Asset Management
Pavement management systems (PMS) are critical tools that agencies use to optimize maintenance and rehabilitation (MandR) decisions. Traditionally, PMS frameworks rely primarily on surface condition indicators such as cracking, rutting, and roughness to trigger treatments and allocate resources. …
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Projeto de reforço de pavimentos rodoviários e aeroportuários pelo método da resiliência: uma nova versão do programa TECNAPAV
… design procedure for flexible and semi-rigid pavements is presented. It is based on models developed from the Theory of Elasticity, either existing solutions for linear elasticity or from non-linear elasticity. The computer program TECNAPAV used for pavement management system was extended in …
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Development of structural condition thresholds for TSD measurements
… States (b) deflection thresholds to classify the pavement structural condition obtained from the TSD for a small subset of the Pennsylvania secondary road network. The results of the field evaluation included: (1) repeatability of the TSD, (2) ability of the TSD to identify pavement sections with …
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Improving pavement networks through performance-based planning with optimal treatment strategies and management policies
… planning (PBP) is an efficient way to improve pavement networks. It is the practice of using data from pavement management systems (PMSs) to support analyses on the predicted network performance based on available budgets, treatment strategies and management policies. PBP involves the …
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