Pavement ME Design⢠software), as well as the reasons why some agencies have not or Highway agencies in the implementation of the MEPDG (and accompanying AASHTOWare The objective of this synthesis is to document the strategies and lessons learned from In the knowledge and experience of the personnel conducting the pavement design or analysis. The needed data (e.g., traffic, materials, and calibration and verification to local conditions), and MEPDG may require a significant increase in the required time to conduct a pavement design, in Properties, and climatic effects improved characterization of the existing pavement layers Īnd improved reliability of pavement performance predictions. Number of advantages, including the evaluation of a broader range of vehicle loadings, material Moving from previous empirically based to ME-based design procedures provides a The MEPDG andĪccompanying software are based on mechanistic-empirical (ME) principles and, as such,Īre a significant departure from the previous empirically based AASHTO pavement design
Of Practice (MEPDG) and released the first version of the accompanying software programĪASHTOWare Pavement ME Design⢠(formerly DARWin-ME) in 2011.
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