Predicting Pavement Distress in Oil Field Areas
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 110, Issue 3
Abstract
A study on oil field traffic characteristics was performed and a procedure was developed for assessing current and future effects of oil field truck traffic on surface‐treated (stage construction type) pavements. A computer program calculates several types of pavement distress and serviceability parameters to evaluate pavement performance under various axle load repetitions. Stepwise regression analysis of 132 surface‐treated pavement sections led to the development of individual distress equations for rutting, raveling, flushing, alligator cracking, patching, longitudinal and transverse cracking, and failures (potholes). The versatility of the program provides a means of anticipating early pavement failures due to increased axle load repetitions. The program also provides the basic framework for computing the effects of other “special‐use” truck traffic demands.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 110 • Issue 3 • November 1984
Pages: 366 - 381
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Copyright © 1984 ASCE.
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Published online: Nov 1, 1984
Published in print: Nov 1984
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