Using the Long Term Pavement Performance Database in Pavement Design Courses
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 128, Issue 4
Abstract
The Strategic Highway Research Program Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) database provides considerable information about a large number of pavement test sections. The information may be easily accessed using DataPave 2.0 software, available free from the Federal Highway Administration. This software provides information on approximately 3,000 sections, with several modules for data analysis and extraction. This paper describes the integration of LTPP DataPave 2.0 software into a pavement design course. The database was used at several points throughout the course, including lessons on traffic characterization, materials, reliability, performance, and design. Twelve Texas pavement case studies were used. Each student was required to complete an individual project requiring the use of the database. Student projects and student evaluations of the use of the DataPave 2.0 software in this course are also discussed. This paper provides sufficient information for interested faculty to implement the use of DataPave 2.0 in their own courses in pavement design and related areas.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (1986). AASHTO guide for design of pavement structures, Vol. 2, Washington, D.C.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (1993). Guide for design of pavement structures, Washington, D.C.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). (1998). Supplement to the guide for design of pavement structures, Washington, D.C.
Delatte, N. J., Anderson, M., Leonard, K., and McFadden, J. (2000). “Development of a multi-campus multidisciplinary transportation curriculum for UTCA.” Rep. No. 99249, The Univ. Transportation Center for Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). (n.d.). “Long term pavement performance DataPave demonstration workshop participant’s notebook.” Rep., Washington, D.C.
Hall, K. T., and Correa Muñoz, C. (1999). “Estimation of present serviceability index from international roughness index.” Paper No. 991508, 78th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
Huang, Y. H. (1993). Pavement analysis and design, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
LAW PCS, a LAWGIBB Group Member. (1999). “Introduction to LTPP data.” Office on Infrastructure Research and Development, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, McLean, Va.
Portland Cement Association (PCA). (1984). Thickness design for concrete highway and street pavements, Skokie, Ill.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 128 • Issue 4 • October 2002
Pages: 176 - 186
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Jan 2, 2001
Accepted: Nov 20, 2001
Published online: Sep 13, 2002
Published in print: Oct 2002
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.