Effects of Quality Control Parameters on In-Service Performance of Flexible Pavements
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 32, Issue 12
Abstract
This study investigates the relation of quality measures of asphalt mixture properties during production and construction to long-term in-service performance of flexible pavements. Data from flexible pavement sections taken from the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program along with the pavement sections of 30 Wisconsin projects were compiled in a single relational database to establish a georeferenced architecture that embraces the natural variability within the database. An in-depth analysis was performed on seven selected projects using two modeling programs that are based on statistical regression and mechanistic-empirical methods. The three research approaches allowed for assessing the effects of the variation in quality measures during construction and production: air void (Va); voids in mineral aggregates (VMA); and in-place density. The analysis showed that the deviation from the standard target for in-place density influences fatigue, longitudinal, and transverse cracking, as well as the International Roughness Index (IRI). The study showed the shortcomings of over-averaging pavement characteristics in the modeling of predicted in-service performance. Last, this study showed that implementing the proposed georeferenced relational database architecture within LTPP would increase the impact of this program.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This paper is based on a study funded by the Wisconsin Highway Program (No. WHRP-0092-15-05). The authors are grateful for the support received from the WHRP staff. Wisconsin DOT engineers provided significant support to this study, namely Daniel Kopacz, Barry Paye, and Judith Rayan. Brett Williams and Stacy Glidden of Payne and Dolan Inc., and Ervin Dukatz of Mathy Construction Company provided vital information and data for this research effort.
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Volume 32 • Issue 12 • December 2020
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Received: May 7, 2019
Accepted: Dec 27, 2019
Published online: Sep 24, 2020
Published in print: Dec 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Feb 24, 2021
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