<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The cost of road construction and expenditures on the maintenance of pavements, i.e., their whole life cost, represents a lot of money. The paper describes a procedure for a pavement management system with degradation models and estimates the length of time for the rehabilitation of an asphalt pavement. Using a theory of pavement mechanics, we calculated the stresses and strains on the layers of two pavement models. High modulus asphalt concrete, an asphalt mix with a high binder content, and an asphalt mix with binder modifications are new road building materials. Prolonging the time for the rehabilitation of pavements is possible.</p></abstract>

The cost of road construction and expenditures on the maintenance of pavements, i.e., their whole life cost, represents a lot of money. The paper describes a procedure for a pavement management system with degradation models and estimates the length of time for the rehabilitation of an asphalt pavement. Using a theory of pavement mechanics, we calculated the stresses and strains on the layers of two pavement models. High modulus asphalt concrete, an asphalt mix with a high binder content, and an asphalt mix with binder modifications are new road building materials. Prolonging the time for the rehabilitation of pavements is possible.

Extending the Service Life of Pavements

Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

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The cost of road construction and expenditures on the maintenance of pavements, i.e., their whole life cost, represents a lot of money. The paper describes a...

Extending the Service Life of Pavements

Online veröffentlicht: 28. März 2018

Seitenbereich: 25 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2018-0004

Schlüsselwörter
Pavement management system, Degradation model, Long life pavement

© Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Extending the Service Life of Pavements

Online veröffentlicht: 28. März 2018

Seitenbereich: 25 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2018-0004

SchlüsselwörterPavement management system, Degradation model, Long life pavement

© Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Pavement management system, Degradation model, Long life pavement