Recommended Citation
Park, J., Yuan, C., & Cai, H. (2016). Long-term pavement performance indicators for failed materials (Joint Transportation Research Program Publication No. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2016/10). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284316333
DOI
10.5703/1288284316333
Abstract
State Transportation Agencies (STAs) use quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) specifications to guide the testing and inspection of road pavement construction. Although failed materials of pavement rarely occur in practice, it is critical to have a sound decision framework to assist in making data-driven, informed decisions regarding failed materials because such decisions have profound impacts on the long-term performance of the pavement and the operation and maintenance costs of the responsible highway agencies.
A performance-related specification (PRS) is a quality acceptance (QA) specification that specifies the acceptable levels of key acceptance quality characteristics (AQCs) that are directly related to fundamental engineering properties, which in turn, determine the long-term performance of the constructed end products. Two PRS tools, PaveSpec for Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (PCCP) and Quality Related Specification Software (QRSS) for QC/QA Hot Mixed Asphalt (HMA) pavement, were investigated in this study to develop decision frameworks for PCCP and HMA pavement to assist the decision-making regarding failed materials at INDOT. A large number of simulations of various scenarios in the context of INDOT pavement construction were conducted to fully develop and implement the decision framework.
For PCCP, the newly developed decision framework based on PaveSpec was validated using data from an INDOT construction project. The framework is readily implementable to assist INDOT in making informed decision regarding failed materials for PCCP. For QC/QA pavement, it was found that QRSS is not an appropriate PRS tool to estimate the long-term performance because of its limitations, the misalignment between QRSS process and INDOT practice, and erroneous simulation results.
Report Number
FHWA/IN/JTRP-2016/10
Keywords
Portland cement concrete pavement, hot mix asphalt pavement, failed materials, decision framework, life-cycle cost, long-term performance, PaveSpec, performance related specification, QRSS
SPR Number
3805
Performing Organization
Joint Transportation Research Program
Sponsoring Organization
Indiana Department of Transportation
Publisher Place
West Lafayette, Indiana
Date of this Version
2016